Global Design To Gain A Competitive Edge

Author : Xiu-Tian Yan,Benoit Eynard,William J. Ion
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781848002395

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Global Design to Gain a Competitive Edge by Xiu-Tian Yan,Benoit Eynard,William J. Ion Pdf

Recent rapid globalisation of manufacturing industries leads to a drive and thirst for rapid advancements in technological development and expertise in the fields of advanced design and manufacturing, especially at their interfaces. This development results in many economical benefits to and improvement of quality of life for many people all over the world. Technically speaking, this rapid development also create many opportunities and challenges for both industrialists and academics, as the design requirements and constraints have completely changed in this global design and manufacture environment. Consequently the way to design, manufacture and realise products have changed as well. The days of designing for a local market and using local suppliers in manufacturing have gone, if enterprises aim to maintain their competitiveness and global expansion leading to further success. In this global context and scenario, both industry and the academia have an urgent need to equip themselves with the latest knowledge, technology and methods developed for engineering design and manufacture. To address this shift in engineering design and manufacture, supported by the European Commission under the Asia Link Programme with a project title FASTAHEAD (A Framework Approach to Strengthening Asian Higher Education in Advanced Design and Manufacture), three key project partners, namely the University of Strathclyde of the United Kingdom, Northwestern Polytechncial University of China, and the Troyes University of Technology of France organised a third international conference.

Author : Xiu-Tian Yan,Benoit Eynard,William J. Ion
Publisher : Springer
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1848009763

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Global Design to Gain a Competitive Edge by Xiu-Tian Yan,Benoit Eynard,William J. Ion Pdf

Recent rapid globalisation of manufacturing industries leads to a drive and thirst for rapid advancements in technological development and expertise in the fields of advanced design and manufacturing, especially at their interfaces. This development results in many economical benefits to and improvement of quality of life for many people all over the world. Technically speaking, this rapid development also create many opportunities and challenges for both industrialists and academics, as the design requirements and constraints have completely changed in this global design and manufacture environment. Consequently the way to design, manufacture and realise products have changed as well. The days of designing for a local market and using local suppliers in manufacturing have gone, if enterprises aim to maintain their competitiveness and global expansion leading to further success. In this global context and scenario, both industry and the academia have an urgent need to equip themselves with the latest knowledge, technology and methods developed for engineering design and manufacture. To address this shift in engineering design and manufacture, supported by the European Commission under the Asia Link Programme with a project title FASTAHEAD (A Framework Approach to Strengthening Asian Higher Education in Advanced Design and Manufacture), three key project partners, namely the University of Strathclyde of the United Kingdom, Northwestern Polytechncial University of China, and the Troyes University of Technology of France organised a third international conference.

Author : Xiu-Tian Yan,Chengyu Jiang,Benoit Eynard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 883 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781848002418

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Advanced Design and Manufacture to Gain a Competitive Edge by Xiu-Tian Yan,Chengyu Jiang,Benoit Eynard Pdf

Manufacturing industry has been one of the key drivers for recent rapid global economic development. Globalisation of manufacturing industries due to distributed design and labour advantage leads to a drive and thirst for technological advancements and expertise in the fields of advanced design and manufacturing. This development results in many economical benefits to and improvement of quality of life for many people all over the world. This rapid development also creates many opportunities and challenges for both industrialists and academics, as the design requirements and constraints have completely changed in this global design and manufacture environment. Consequently the way to design, manufacture and realise products have changed as well. More and more design and manufacture tasks can now be undertaken within computer environment using simulation and virtual reality technologies. These technological advancements hence support more advanced product development and manufacturing operations in such a global design and manufacturing environment. In this global context and scenario, both industry and the academia have an urgent need to equip themselves with the latest knowledge, technology and methods developed for engineering design and manufacture.

Author : Xiu-Tian Yan,Chengyu Jiang,Benoit Eynard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 891 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1848009755

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Advanced Design and Manufacture to Gain a Competitive Edge by Xiu-Tian Yan,Chengyu Jiang,Benoit Eynard Pdf

Manufacturing industry has been one of the key drivers for recent rapid global economic development. Globalisation of manufacturing industries due to distributed design and labour advantage leads to a drive and thirst for technological advancements and expertise in the fields of advanced design and manufacturing. This development results in many economical benefits to and improvement of quality of life for many people all over the world. This rapid development also creates many opportunities and challenges for both industrialists and academics, as the design requirements and constraints have completely changed in this global design and manufacture environment. Consequently the way to design, manufacture and realise products have changed as well. More and more design and manufacture tasks can now be undertaken within computer environment using simulation and virtual reality technologies. These technological advancements hence support more advanced product development and manufacturing operations in such a global design and manufacturing environment. In this global context and scenario, both industry and the academia have an urgent need to equip themselves with the latest knowledge, technology and methods developed for engineering design and manufacture.

Author : Daniel F. Spulber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139467117

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Global Competitive Strategy by Daniel F. Spulber Pdf

Globalization has fundamentally changed the game of business. Strategic frameworks developed for the analysis of purely domestic business necessarily fall short in the international business context. Managers and business students require alternative approaches to understand and cope with these far-reaching changes. We must learn to think globally in order to succeed. Global Competitive Strategy shows how we can do this by providing a unique set of strategic tools for international business. Such tools include the 'star analysis' that allows strategy makers to integrate geographic information with market information about the global business environment. Also introduced is the 'global value connection' that shows managers how to account for the gains from trade and the costs of trade. Aimed at MBA students taking courses in international strategy, consultants and practising managers with responsibility for strategic development, this 2007 book offers a comprehensive strategic framework for gaining competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

Author : Roger L. Martin
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781422177808

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The Design of Business by Roger L. Martin Pdf

Most companies today have innovation envy. Many make genuine efforts to be innovative: they spend on R & D, bring in creative designers, hire innovation consultants; but they still get disappointing results. Roger Martin argues that to innovate and win, companies need 'design thinking'.

Author : Gregory Kesler,Amy Kates
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119064497

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Bridging Organization Design and Performance by Gregory Kesler,Amy Kates Pdf

Five practical steps to enhance organization effectiveness on a global scale Bridging Organization Design and Performance is a handbook for leaders looking to enhance the success of their organizations and themselves. Companies that compete globally require organizational operating models as robust as their strategies. Many companies have created elegant designs and consider their worldwide, matrix organizations sources of competitive advantage. However, the reality is that these complex structures bring many challenges and senior executives are often frustrated by the difficulties of delivering growth in organizations that span numerous brands, products, and geographic regions. After working closely with over twenty large US and Europe based global companies during the past decade, Gregory Kesler and Amy Kates concluded that the problem is not in the fundamental design of these operating models. The matrix is not going away. The challenge is to effectively and completely activate the organization to deliver the strategy. This book shares the five practical actions that bring complex organizations to life and help companies gain sustainable results from their global operating models.

Author : Robert Blaich,Janet Blaich
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0070056714

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Product Design and Corporate Strategy by Robert Blaich,Janet Blaich Pdf

"World-class companies such as Sony, Olivetti, and Braun recognize that in today's global marketplace, where the window of competitive advantage is narrowing rapidly, product design has become the driving force for improving product quality and maintaining a competitive edge. Wisely, they also realize that the design process can take the lead toward achieving these goals only when it is well managed." "Looking to these and other corporate giants and detailing his own 30 years of design management experience, Robert Blaich shows how you can elevate the status of product design in your own company and maximize its effectiveness through strong management, enabling design to spearhead innovations, establish new strategic directions, and gain the edge that translates into greater profitability. Using case studies derived from his own outstanding management work at Herman Miller, Inc., a leader in furniture systems, and Philips, the Dutch electronics giant, Blaich demonstrates that design can be the key tool in forging a corporate identity that can make your company's name synonymous with quality the world over." "Blaich lays out the steps that can bring your company into the twenty-first century. As a manager, you'll discover how to: establish product design as a proactive, problemsolving force; gain crucial upper-echelon support for a powerful design program; create a holistic design program that interacts on equal terms with engineering, marketing, and other departments; stimulate new ideas through teamwork, the use of consultants, and the creation of a multicultural design department; provide your designers with the necessary tools, including CAD systems; balance the use of in-house staff with outside consultants; and effectively manage your company's often limited human, capital, and financial resources." "Taking these steps will demonstrate to often skeptical upper management that designers themselves are best equipped to develop and manage the resources of the design department, establishing it for years to come as a primary force for innovation and quality." "America must recognize what Japan and Germany have long understood - product design must become the backbone of any company desiring to make it in the future. With its uniquely personal and practical insight into how to effect that crucial change, Robert Blaich's Product Design and Corporate Strategy can help put your company on the global map, whatever its size." "As such, Product Design and Corporate Strategy is an essential tool for current and prospective design managers, and critical reading for all CEOs and senior and middle managers who must come to grips with the centrality of product design in the corporate landscape."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Michael E. Porter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781416595847

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Competitive Advantage by Michael E. Porter Pdf

Now beyond its eleventh printing and translated into twelve languages, Michael Porter’s The Competitive Advantage of Nations has changed completely our conception of how prosperity is created and sustained in the modern global economy. Porter’s groundbreaking study of international competitiveness has shaped national policy in countries around the world. It has also transformed thinking and action in states, cities, companies, and even entire regions such as Central America. Based on research in ten leading trading nations, The Competitive Advantage of Nations offers the first theory of competitiveness based on the causes of the productivity with which companies compete. Porter shows how traditional comparative advantages such as natural resources and pools of labor have been superseded as sources of prosperity, and how broad macroeconomic accounts of competitiveness are insufficient. The book introduces Porter’s “diamond,” a whole new way to understand the competitive position of a nation (or other locations) in global competition that is now an integral part of international business thinking. Porter's concept of “clusters,” or groups of interconnected firms, suppliers, related industries, and institutions that arise in particular locations, has become a new way for companies and governments to think about economies, assess the competitive advantage of locations, and set public policy. Even before publication of the book, Porter’s theory had guided national reassessments in New Zealand and elsewhere. His ideas and personal involvement have shaped strategy in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Portugal, Taiwan, Costa Rica, and India, and regions such as Massachusetts, California, and the Basque country. Hundreds of cluster initiatives have flourished throughout the world. In an era of intensifying global competition, this pathbreaking book on the new wealth of nations has become the standard by which all future work must be measured.

Author : John Fahy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134560189

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The Role of Resources in Global Competition by John Fahy Pdf

This book looks at the question of how firms attain a sustainable competitive advantage in a global environment characterised by above average levels of geographic scope, marketing convergence and cross-national interdepencies.

Author : Arun Kumar & N. Meenakshi
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788125942597

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Marketing Management, 2nd Edition by Arun Kumar & N. Meenakshi Pdf

Marketing is a way of doing business. It is all pervasive, a part of everyone’s job description. Marketing is an expression of a company’s character, and is a responsibility that necessarily belongs to the whole company and everyone in it.

Author : Michael E. Porter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Competition, International
ISBN : OCLC:1333945111

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The Competitive Advantage of Nations by Michael E. Porter Pdf

Author : Dr. Atul S.Charde I Dr. Mukul A. Burghate I Kartik Uttarwar
Publisher : International Journal of Commerce and Management Studies (IJCAMS)
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798353463900

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Marketing of Services by Dr. Atul S.Charde I Dr. Mukul A. Burghate I Kartik Uttarwar Pdf

Services marketing is a form of marketing businesses that provide a service to their customers use to increase brand awareness and sales. Unlike product marketing, services marketing focuses on advertising intangible transactions that provide value to customers.The purpose of this study Material is to present an introduction to the subjects of ‘Marketing of Services’ for Management and Commerce students. The book contains the syllabus from basics of the subjects going into the intricacies of the subjects. All the concepts have been explained with relevant examples and diagrams to make it interesting for the readers.An attempt is made here by the authors to assist the students by way of providing Study Material as per the curriculum with non-commercial considerations. However, it is implicit that these are exam-oriented Study Material and students are advised to attend regular class room classes in the Institute and utilize reference books available in the library for In-depth knowledge.We owe to many websites and their free contents; we would like to specially acknowledge contents of website www.wikipedia.com and various authors whose writings formed the basis for this book. We acknowledge our thanks to them.At the end we would like to say that there is always a room for improvement in whatever we do. We would appreciate any suggestions regarding this study material from the readers so that the contents can be made more interesting and meaningful. Readers can email their queries and doubts to our authors on [email protected]. We shall be glad to help you immediately. Authors:Dr. Atul S. Charde I Dr. Mukul Burghate I Dr. Bharati Barapatre

Author : Abbass Alkhafaji
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1994-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1884015360

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Competitive Global Management - Principles and Strategies by Abbass Alkhafaji Pdf

Each chapter in Competitive Global Management: Principles and Strategies lists important objectives to be learned. The latest management research explains strategies of multinational corporations. A real-life case study helps the reader comprehend the importance of the issues discussed. The book features a current literature review, drawn from recent studies and research in the major international publications, further exemplifying major points.

Author : Carmo Farinha, Luís M.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466683495

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Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Carmo Farinha, Luís M. Pdf

As businesses seek to compete on a global stage, they must be constantly aware of pressures from all levels: regional, local, and worldwide. The organizations that can best build advantages in diverse environments achieve the greatest success. The Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship explores the emergence of new ideas and opportunities in various markets and provides organizational leaders with the tools they need to take full advantage of those opportunities. With a focus on economic growth in a fast-paced environment, this handbook is a critical reference for business leaders, economists, and students of economic theory.