The Global Business Revolution and the Cascade Effect: Systems Integration in the Global Aerospace, Beverage and Retail Industries

ISBN-13: 9780230013582 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 185 str.

Peter Nolan; Zhang Jin; Liu Chunhang

Opis

Using empirical data from the supply chain of aerospace, beverages and retail this text develops an original framework, the 'cascade effect', to explain changes in industrial concentration. This provides an original insight into the determinants of industrial structure and has vital implications for firms and policy-makers in developing countries.

Spis treści

Introduction The Debate The Global Business Revolution Systems Integration and the Cascade Effect The Aerospace Industry The Beverage Industry The Retail Industry Implications for Firm-Level Catch-up in Developing Countries

O autorze

PETER NOLAN is Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.

ZHANG JIN is University Lecturer in International Business at the Judge Buisness School, University of Cambridge, UK.

CHUNHANG LIU is Director of the China Industry Development Research Centre at Peking University, China.