Manufacturing Industries

Praise from Industry Week, January 2003"...In Henry Ford's Lean Vision...Levinson shows how the father of American mass production toiled to elimin...

Smart applications are transforming conventional supply chains into digital ones. To compete in today’s competitive market, organizations must util...

This book strengthens our understanding of Indian manufacturing. It argues that structural transformation should be guided by the given factor endo...

Chronology of Venezuelan Oil (1969) covers all aspects of the Venezuelan petroleum industry’s historical evolution: technical, legal, economic, soc...

This book makes an original contribution to our knowledge of the world’s major defence industries. Experts from a wide range of different countries...

The marketing of organic products is viewed as a significant link between the production side of the business and the consumers, thereby facilitati...

This book reviews the experience of the textile and apparel sectors over the post-war period. An econometric study of the cost structure of the ind...

The Routledge Handbook of Industry and Development is a global overview of industrialisation. Each chapter will provide readers with contemporary i...

This book analyzes the economics of the food industry at every stage between the farm gate and the kitchen counter.Central to the text are agricult...

First published in 1989, Russia’s ‘Age of Silver’ represents a major contribution to the history of the international economy during the eighteenth...

This book analyzes the economics of the food industry at every stage between the farm gate and the kitchen counter.Central to the text are agricult...

Sodas are astonishing products. Little more than flavored sugar-water, these drinks cost practically nothing to produce or buy, yet have turned the...

There is plenty of controversy surrounding pharmaceuticals, but it cannot be denied that the pharmaceutical industry is both socially beneficial an...

What is the true source of a firm's long-term competitive advantage in manufacturing? Through original field studies, historical research, and stat...

Distributed manufacturing offers the promise of bringing jobs back to local communities, producing goods that are personalized or harmonize with di...

Formally Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Almanac, this book is a complete reference guide to the business side of biotechnology, genetic...

The apparel and textiles industry is one of the industries most affected by globalization, and involves complex relationships that are constantly e...

Steel companies were at the birth of the modern business corporation. The first billion dollar corporation ever formed was U.S. Steel in 1901. By t...

With important ramifications for studies relating to industrialization and the impact of globalization, A Common Thread examines the relocation of ...

The food industry is among the most competitive and globally-linked of all business sectors. Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac will be your guide to...

Separately they were formidable—together they were unstoppable. Despite their intriguing lives and the deep impact they had on their community and ...