Innovation in Production: The Adoption and Impacts of New Manufacturing Concepts in German Industry

ISBN-13: 9783790811407 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 188 str.

Gunter Lay; Jurgen Wengel; Philip Shapira

Opis

How industrial companies in Germany's critically important investment goods sector are deploying new technological and organizational production concepts to adapt to competitiveness challenges, new market requirements, environmental demands, and policy pressures is examined in this book. It draws on the Fraunhofer ISI's unique nationwide survey of technology use and production in Germany. East German as well as West German data is analyzed. Readers will gain fresh insights about the diffusion of new production concepts, the interaction of process and product innovations, and subsequent effects on productivity, employment, work flexibility, and the business performance of German industry. Implications for business strategy, public policy, and ongoing research into technology diffusion are considered.

Spis treści

G. Lay, P. Shapia: Introduction: Perspectives on German Industry and Its Competitiveness.- S. Kinkel, J. Wengel: The Diffusion of New Production Concepts in Germany.- G. Lay, C. Dreher, S. Kinkel: Performance Impacts of New Production Concepts.- G. Lay: Interaction of Process and Product Innovation.- G. Lay: New Production Concepts and Employment.- J. Wengel, W. Wallmeier: Worker Participation and Process Innovations.- G. Lay, C. Mies: Flexibility at Work.- S. Kinkel: Innovation v. Emigration: New Production Concepts and Transborder Relocation.- C. Dreher, G. Lay, T. Michler: New Production Concepts and Service Orientation: The Case of Teleservice.- J. Fleig: Environmental Practices in Germany's Investment Goods Sector.- G. Lay: Adoption of New Production Concepts in East Germany.- J. Wengel: Promotion of CIM in the New Länder.- G. Lay, C. Dreher, P. Shapira: Implications for Modernization Strategies and Studies.- S. Kinkel, M. Dreher: Appendix: Study Methodology.

O autorze

Dr. Gunter Lay ist Projektleiter am Fraunhofer-Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung, Karlsruhe. Diplom-Sozialwirt Jürgen Wengel ist stellvertretender Leiter der Abteilung Innovationen in der Produktion am Fraunhofer-Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung, Karlsruhe.

Blurb

This book examines how industrial companies in Germany's critically important investment goods sector are deploying new technological and organizational production concepts to adapt to competitiveness challenges, new market requirements, environmental demands, and policy pressures. It draws on the Fraunhofer ISI's unique nationwide survey of technology use and production in Germany. East German as well as West German data is analyzed. Readers will gain fresh insights about the diffusion of new production concepts, the interaction of process and product innovations, and subsequent effects on productivity, employment, work flexibility, and the business performance of German industry. Implications for business strategy, public policy, and ongoing research into technology diffusion are considered.