Flexible automation in developing countries [electronic resource] : the impact on scale and scope and the implications for location of production / Ludovico Alcorta, in collaboration with Roy de Quadros Carvalho [and others].

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Alcorta, Ludovico
Corporate Authors: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : [Maastricht, the Netherlands] : Routledge ; United Nations University, INTECH, 1998.
Series:UNU/INTECH studies in new technology and development ; 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
  • part Part I CONCEPTS, METHOD AND SYNTHESIS
  • chapter 1 Scale and scope: concepts and issues
  • chapter 2 Methodology: research design and implementation
  • chapter 3 THE DIFFUSION OF FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • chapter 4 IMPACTS ON SCALE AND SCOPE
  • chapter 5 FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION AND LOCATION OF PRODUCTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
  • part Part II THE COUNTRY STUDIES
  • chapter 7 THE IMPACT OF FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION ON SCALE AND SCOPE IN THE BRAZILIAN ENGINEERING INDUSTRY / RUY DE QUADROS CARVALHO
  • chapter 8 THE IMPACT OF FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION ON SCALE AND SCOPE IN THE MEXICAN ENGINEERING INDUSTRY
  • chapter 9 THE IMPACT OF FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION ON SCALE AND SCOPE IN THE VENEZUELAN ENGINEERING INDUSTRY
  • chapter 10 THE IMPACT OF FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION ON SCALE AND SCOPE IN THE INDIAN ENGINEERING INDUSTRY / GHAYUR ALAM
  • chapter 11 THE IMPACT OF FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION ON SCALE AND SCOPE IN THE TURKISH ENGINEERING INDUSTRY / HACER ANSAL
  • chapter 12 THE IMPACT OF FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION ON SCALE AND SCOPE IN THE THAI ENGINEERING INDUSTRY / PETER BRIMBLE.