| Description |
xvii, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Prepared by the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University, Saint Louis. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part I. Effects of public policy on manufacturing's future. Government and manufacturing / Murray Weidenbaum -- Public policy and manufacturing / Robert Eisner -- What do economic statistics tell us about manufacturing's future? / Robert Ortner -- What should be done for manufacturing? / Richard McKenzie -- How to rebuild America / Fred Branfman -- Antitrust policy and American industrial competitiveness / Thomas DiLorenzo -- Part II. Multinational firms and global markets. To compete globally, American firms must know their customers / Kenneth Butterworth -- The changing aerospace marketplace / John McDonnell --Joint ventures / Yoshito Tokumitsu -- American manufacturing in the 1990s / Robert Lawrence -- Part III. Education's restructuring task. Increasing competition in U.S. education / Dwight Lee -- What is the role of business in education? / Jeanne Allen -- Targeting education reforms to do the most good / Curtis Plott -- A higher education agenda for manufacturing management / Dean Kropp -- |
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Part IV. Organizing for success. Manufacturing competitiveness requires more than downsizing / Jewell Westerman -- The effect of mergers and acquisitions / Jerry Moskowitz -- Manufacturing growth through acquisition / J. Robert Copper -- Creating value from castoffs / Ralph Lobdell -- Part V. The changing work environment. Manufacturing excellence and work-force excellence are inseparable / Jerry Jasinowski -- Changes in company culture and labor relations / Dennis Stachelski --Building business/education partnerships / Diane Mulligan -- Rhetoric and reality in labor relations / Rudolph Oswald -- Part VI. R & D and quality. Converting knowledge into products / Earle Harbison, Jr. -- Technology, innovation and commercialization / Marshall Phelps, Jr. -- Research and the pharmaceutical environment / Myra Williams. |
| Subject |
Manufacturing industries.
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Competition, International.
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Manufactures.
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| Added Author |
Chilton, Kenneth W.
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Warren, Melinda.
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Weidenbaum, Murray L.
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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Center for the Study of American Business.
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| ISBN |
0792390512 |
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