Global companies, local innovations : why the engineering aspects of innovation making require co-location / Yasuyuki Motoyama.
Investigating the innovation activities of multinational corporations, this book uncovers and examines why the geography of innovation by multinationals is overwhelmingly local, in spite of their global operations in manufacturing and sales, through case studies of produce development by three globa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2016.
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| Series: | Ashgate economic geography series.
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| Summary: | Investigating the innovation activities of multinational corporations, this book uncovers and examines why the geography of innovation by multinationals is overwhelmingly local, in spite of their global operations in manufacturing and sales, through case studies of produce development by three global players: Toyota, Sony, and Canon. Providing an in-depth investigation of the engineering and technical aspects of innovation making, this book unfolds the complex and constant process of trial and error in innovation and reveals three fundamental natures of innovation making: complexity, interdisc. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: Farnham: Ashgate, 2012. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781138271401 1138271403 9781315584775 1315584778 9781317128021 1317128028 9781317128007 1317128001 9781317128014 131712801X 1409421465 9781409421467 |