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Innovation in Production

The Adoption and Impacts of New Manufacturing Concepts in German Industry

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Gunter Lay

    1. Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe, Germany

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  2. Philip Shapira

    1. Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe, Germany
      School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

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  3. Jürgen Wengel

    1. Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe, Germany

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Part of the book series: Technology, Innovation and Policy (ISI) (3217, volume 8)

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction: Perspectives on German Industry and Its Competitiveness

    • Gunter Lay, Philip Shapira
    Pages 1-17

  3. The Diffusion of New Production Concepts in Germany

    • Steffen Kinkel, Jürgen Wengel
    Pages 19-30

  4. Performance Impacts of New Production Concepts

    • Gunter Lay, Carsten Dreher, Steffen Kinkel
    Pages 31-42

  5. Interaction of Process and Product Innovation

    • Gunter Lay
    Pages 43-52

  6. New Production Concepts and Employment

    • Gunter Lay
    Pages 53-64

  7. Worker Participation and Process Innovations

    • Jürgen Wengel, Werner Wallmeier
    Pages 65-78

  8. Flexibility at Work

    • Gunter Lay, Claudia Mies
    Pages 79-90

  9. Innovation versus Emigration - New Production Concepts and Transborder Relocation

    • Steffen Kinkel
    Pages 91-104

  10. New Production Concepts and Service Orientation: The Case of Teleservice

    • Carsten Dreher, Gunter Lay, Thomas Michler
    Pages 105-112

  11. Environmental Practices in Germany’s Investment Goods Sector

    • Jürgen Fleig
    Pages 113-124

  12. Adoption of New Production Concepts in East Germany

    • Gunter Lay
    Pages 125-136

  13. Promotion of CIM in the New Länder

    • Jürgen Wengel
    Pages 137-157

  14. Implications for Modernization Strategies and Studies

    • Gunter Lay, Carsten Dreher, Philip Shapira
    Pages 159-170

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 171-189
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About this book

How industrial companies in Germany's critically important investment goods sector are deploying new technological and organizational production concepts to adapt to competitiveness challenges, new market requirements, environmental demands, and policy pressures is examined in this book. It draws on the Fraunhofer ISI's unique nationwide survey of technology use and production in Germany. East German as well as West German data is analyzed. Readers will gain fresh insights about the diffusion of new production concepts, the interaction of process and product innovations, and subsequent effects on productivity, employment, work flexibility, and the business performance of German industry. Implications for business strategy, public policy, and ongoing research into technology diffusion are considered.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe, Germany

    Gunter Lay, Philip Shapira, Jürgen Wengel

  • School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

    Philip Shapira

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Innovation in Production

  • Book Subtitle: The Adoption and Impacts of New Manufacturing Concepts in German Industry

  • Editors: Gunter Lay, Philip Shapira, Jürgen Wengel

  • Series Title: Technology, Innovation and Policy (ISI)

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-99801-0

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1140-7Published: 26 November 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-99801-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-9667

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 188

  • Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Operations Management

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