1. British manufacturing in perspective / Rick Delbridge and James Lowe -- 2. Deindustrialization may be bad for your wealth / Michael Kitson and Jonathan Michie -- 3. Are the British bad at flexible manufacturing? / Stephen Ackroyd and Stephen Procter -- 4. analysis of the performance of Japanese, US and domestic manufacturing firms in the UK electronics/electrical sector / Max Munday and Michael J. Peel -- 5. financial impact of 'Japanese' manufacturing methods / Nick Oliver and Gillian Hunter -- 6. Leadership in the front line: the changing nature of supervision in UK manufacturing / Ivor Parry and David Tranfield -- 7. Mature firms in the UK mid-corporate sector: innovation strategies and employment prospects / Oswald Jones and Nelson Tang -- 8. Continuity and change in buyer-supplier relations: case evidence from manufacturing supply chains / Mike Bresnen and Carolyn Fowler -- 9. Opening Pandora's box: de facto industrial policy and the British defence industry / John Lovering -- 10. political economy of manufacturing change in the regions / Andy Pike and John Tomaney -- 11. Engineering our future again: towards a long-term strategy for manufacturing and management in the United Kingdom / Ian Glover, Paul Tracey and Wendy Currie -- 12. UK manufacturing in the twenty-first century: learning factories and knowledge workers? / Rick Delbridge, Martin Kenney and James Lowe -- 13. Towards an agenda for manufacturing renewal / Rick Delbridge and James Lowe.