English
 
Help Privacy Policy Disclaimer
  Advanced SearchBrowse

Item

ITEM ACTIONSEXPORT
 
 
DownloadE-Mail
 Local TagsRelease HistoryDetailsSummary
  Governing Decentralized Production: Institutions, Public Policy, and the Prospects for Inter-Firm Cooperation in the United States

Whitford, J., & Zeitlin, J. (2004). Governing Decentralized Production: Institutions, Public Policy, and the Prospects for Inter-Firm Cooperation in the United States. Industry and Innovation, 11(1-2), 11-44. doi:10.1080/1366271042000200439.

Item is

 

show all hide all

Basic

show hide
Item Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0012-508F-C Version Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0009-7CD7-A
Genre: Journal Article

Files

show Files
hide Files
:
II_11_2004_Whitford.pdf (Any fulltext), 332KB
 
File Permalink:
-
Name:
II_11_2004_Whitford.pdf
Description:
Full text
OA-Status:
Visibility:
Restricted (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, MKGS; )
MIME-Type / Checksum:
application/pdf
Technical Metadata:
Copyright Date:
-
Copyright Info:
-
License:
-

Locators

show
hide
Locator:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1366271042000200439 (Publisher version)
Description:
Full text via publisher
OA-Status:

Creators

show
hide
 Creators:
Whitford, Joshua1, Author
Zeitlin, Jonathan2, 3, Author           
Affiliations:
1Max Planck Society, ou_persistent13              
2Projekte von Gastwissenschaftlern und Postdoc-Stipendiaten, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214554              
3Department of Sociology, Political Science, and History, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy, Madison, WI, USA, ou_persistent22              

Content

show
hide
Free keywords: -
 Abstract: Much of the literature on the changing face of US manufacturing acknowledges that successful governance of decentralized production is vital to its future but questions whether in practice firms will engage in the collaborative relationships envisaged by optimistic theorists of a "new production paradigm". Our interview-based field research on large and small metalworking firms in the US upper Midwest shows that although large manufacturers are actively seeking to improve collaboration by sharing strategic information and engaging in joint design, pervasive organizational dysfunctions create systemic barriers to the fuller development of cooperative relations with suppliers. But these barriers do not appear insurmountable. The example of a Wisconsin policy experiment is used to demonstrate the viability of institutional solutions that can help resolve inter- and intra-organizational blockages, while encouraging manufacturing firms to follow through on the collaborative strategies they officially espouse.

Details

show
hide
Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2010-07-142004
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: -
 Publishing info: -
 Table of Contents: -
 Rev. Type: -
 Identifiers: eDoc: 230766
DOI: 10.1080/1366271042000200439
 Degree: -

Event

show

Legal Case

show

Project information

show

Source 1

show
hide
Title: Industry and Innovation
Source Genre: Journal
 Creator(s):
Affiliations:
Publ. Info: -
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 11 (1-2) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 11 - 44 Identifier: ISSN: 1320-6095
ISSN: 1469-8390