The Networked Firm in a Global World: Small Firms in New Environments
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Introduction: small firms, networked firms and innovation systems - an introduvtion, Eirik Vatne, Michael Taylor. Part I Small firms versus large firms - efficiency, flexibility and industrial policy: small and medium sized enterprises in space - the plural economy, Sergio Conti industrial network formation and regulation - the case of Japan's SME policy, Yuko Aoyama. Part II The role of smaller firms in complex production systems: challenges for small firm sub-contracting in an era of global supply chain restructuring, Poul Rind Christensen industrial change and local competitive advantage - industrial production systems in Turin, Paolo Giaccaria sub-contractors, supplier parks and supply chain management - the case of Volvo's Arendal supplier park, Claes G. Alvstam, Anders Larsson the unresolved question of new versus old - technological change and organizational response in the German chemical industry, Harald Bathelt. Part III Localized resources and localized learning - a competitive advantage?: localized knowledge, interactive learning and innovation - between regional networks and global corporations, Bjorn T. Asheim, Arne Isaksen enterprise, power and embeddedness - an empirical exploration, Michael Taylor explaining the internationalization of SME's - the importance of internal and local resources, Heikki Eskelinen, Eirik Vatne decline and renewal in industrial districts - the exit strategies of SME's in German industrial districts, Eike Schamp modernizing the industrial district - rejuvenation or managerial colonization?, Bengt Johnnisson.
Authors: Eirik Vatne, Michael Taylor
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W583828591