The Global Business Revolution and the Cascade Effect :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
Systems Integration in the Aerospace, Beverages and Retail Industries
First Statement of Responsibility
by Peter Nolan, Jin Zhang, Chunhang Liu.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Basingstoke
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(XI, 185 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Debate; 2 The Global Business Revolution, Systems Integration and the Cascade Effect; 3 The Aerospace Industry; 4 The Beverage Industry; 5 The Retail Industry; 6 Implications for Firm-level Catch-Up in Developing Countries; Bibliography; Notes; Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Using empirical data from the supply chain of aerospace, beverages and retail this text develops an original framework, the 'cascade effect', to explain changes in industrial concentration. This provides an original insight into the determinants of industrial structure and has vital implications for firms and policy-makers in developing countries.