{"product_id":"new-competition","title":"New Competition","description":"In this important new  book, Michael Best argues that we are currently  witnessing the emergence  of new principles of production and business  organization in the  industrial societies of the West. The 'old  competition', based on  large-scale industrial production, is giving way  to new forms of  competition based on small firms acting as strategic  agents in national  and international markets. \u003cp\u003eMichael Best analyses this development by  drawing on a wide range of  material from Britain, Europe, Japan and the  United States. He  examines the different perspectives on business  organization during the  age of Fordism - such as those developed by  Galbraith, Holland and  Chandler - and contrasts these accounts with the  characteristics of  successful competitors in the contemporary  'post-Fordist' age. He  develops the paradigm of strategic planning in  order to analyse firm,  sector and intersector dynamics. He also draws  out the implications of  the new competition for industrial policy in  Britain and elsewhere,  giving particular attention to the role of  national investment banks  and enterprise boards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis thoughtful  and original book will be of interest both to  students in economics and  industrial sociology, and to anyone concerned  with the problems raised  by economic decline and industrial  restructuring in Western societies  today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54241718600024,"sku":"9780745603643","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780745603643_7ba4d84f-c87e-4c8f-b6f0-2bbbd350bed7.jpg?v=1771370128","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/new-competition","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}