Global companies, local innovations
Subtitle: why the engineering aspects of innovation making require co-location
By: by Yasuyuki Motoyama
Series: Ashgate economic geography series
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9781409421467; 9781409421474
Subjects: International business enterprises; Industries; Effect of technological innovations on; Commercial geography
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction: the puzzle and the overview; title: In search of answers for being global and local; title: Sony Vaio : a portable and good-looking market niche; title: Toyota Prius : call for next century induced hybrid technology; title: Canon bubble jet printer : 13-year journey to product; title: Innovation and geography; title: List of interviewees; title: Reference; title: Index.