Industrial Competitiveness and Design Evolution

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fujimoto, Takahiro (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ikuine, Fumihiko (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Evolutionary Economics and Social Complexity Science, 12
• Subjects: Industrial organization.; Trade.; Business.; Commerce.; Production management.; Management.; Industrial management.; Industrial Organization.; Operations Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.

This book integrates the concept of design into the existing framework of industrial performance, international trade and comparative advantage in trade and industrial phenomena, which increasingly have been affected by design characteristics of tradable goods. Design, capability and their evolution...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Evolution of Firms and Industries
• 2 Design-based Comparative Advantage - Evolution of Capabilities and Architectures
• 3 Evolution of Organizational Capabilities in Manufacturing - A Case of Toyota
• 4 2 Ricardian Comparative Advantage and Capability-Building Compertition
• 5 Design Cost and Choices and Architectures and Coordination Mechanisms
• 6 A 2-Stage Design Process Model and Lead Time Competitiveness
• 7 Evolution of Product Architecture - A case of Complex Office Machines
• 8 The Long-tail of the Automotive Industry Lifecycle
• 9 Industry Lifecycle in Game Software Industry
• 10 Product Variety for Creating Effective Demands
• 11 Productivity Increase and Demand Creation at All Levels.