Manufacturing Culture: The Institutional Geography of Industrial Practice

by Meric S. Gertler

Overview

This book presents a new conception of industrial practice and firm behavior. It explains how the cultures that shape the practices of firms and the trajectories of regional and national economies are actually produced. The analysis shows how the internal and inter-firm organization of production, use of technologies, and the industrial knowledge underpinning these practices are strongly influenced by their social and institutional context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198233824
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/06/2004
Series:	Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

1. Institutions, Agency, and Industrial Practices2. Capital, Technology, and Economic Performance3. Proximity, Organization, and Culture4. Regional Cultures of Production5. Crisis in Machinery Building: The Roots of Germany's Economic Malaise? 6. Tacit Knowledge in Geographical Context7. Geography, Learning, and ConvergenceBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"Manufacturing Culture is a provocative book that is full of ideas, evidence, and critical thinking. The book also demonstrates the value of an institutional approach to economic geography, notably from a behavioral slant. Researchers in economic geography and social scientists who are interested in regional and local development will find the book a stimulating read and source for discussion."

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