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Competitive Manufacturing in a High-Cost Environment: Introduction to the Special Issue

Year: 2017

Type: preprint

Abstract: The special issue emerges at a time of intense debate concerning the role of manufacturing in the developed world. A general consensus that manufacturing strengthens the economy in which it is carried out and that innovation follows manufacturing combines with a recognition that manufacturing carried out in a high-cost environment must pay its own way, as governments and shareholders are not willing to make up for unprofitable activities. There is also considerable skepticism as to whether manufacturing has a role to play in a developed economy. In this lead article, we summarize the contributions to the special issue and the solution space that they provide in which manufacturing in a high-cost environment ends up being the low-cost alternative.

Source: SSRN Electronic Journal

Authors: Suzanne de Treville, Mikko Ketokivi, Vinod R. Singhal

Institutions: Swiss Finance Institute, University of Lausanne, Fundación IE, Georgia Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Global Trade and Competitiveness

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3124124141

Cites: 22

Cited by: 23

Related to: 10