Learning Factories The Nordic Model of Manufacturing /

• Main Authors: Holtskog, Halvor (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Carayannis, Elias G. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kaloudis, Aris (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ringen, Geir (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth,
• Subjects: Management.; Industrial management.; Production management.; Labor economics.; Automobile industry and trade.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Production.; Labor Economics.; Automotive Industry.

This book examines how the norms, culture, and practices of the socio-economic Nordic model give them a competitive edge in globalized production chains. Using the Norwegian automotive industry - one of the most globalized industries in the world - as the empirical foundation of the book, it examine...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introductory Chapter
• 2. The financial crisis
• 3. Development of suspension parts project
• 4. Organizational Culture I - the Differentiated perspective
• 5. Culture II - Internal business contradictions
• 6. Facilitative management
• 7. Policy implications of the reindustrialization of advanced economies
• 8. Conclusion .