Manufacturing Time
Subtitle: Global Competition in the Watch Industry, 1795-2000
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: August 10, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781572305892
Subjects: Business competition; History of engineering & technology; Manufacturing industries; 20th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Industries - General; Clock and watch industry; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; International - General; Manufacturing; Business & Economics / Economic History; Economic History; History
First sentence: In 1969, on the eve of the electronics revolution, the Federation de l'Industrie Horlogere Suisse (FH; Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry) commissioned a marketing study by the American marketing guru Daniel Yankelovich to ascertain the probable size of the future electronic watch market.
Description: "This book recounts the story of the quest for supremacy in the manufacture of watches - from the cottage industries of Britain; to the workshops and factories of Switzerland and, later, the United States; to the high-tech plants of Japan and the sweat-shops of Hong Kong. Amy K. Glasmeier traces the history of this technologically rich industry over three continents, five countries, and more than 200 years. In doing so, she also sheds light on many of the broader questions of industrial development." "This work belongs on the desks of scholars and students of economic history, business history and strategy, economic geography, history of technology, and world regional development. It will also appeal to analysts and policymakers concerned with local wealth creation and economic stability, as well as anyone interested in the history of watches and watchmaking."--BOOK JACKET.