A special publication of the International Journal of Technology Management.
Includes bibliographical references.
Towards the increasing integration of management functions: needs and illustrative advances / Bela Gold -- Structural change and strategic behaviour: moving from mass production to flexibility / Patrizio Bianchi -- The impact of technology on corporate strategy and organization: illustrative cases and lessons / Pier A. Abetti -- Strategic transformation and the success of high-technology companies / Edward B. Roberts -- Global strategies in innovation: networks in research and production / John Hagedoorn -- Managing corporate technology strategy / Mark Dodgson -- Loose cannons or popguns: directors and the R&D program / Wickham Skinner and Milton C. Lauenstein --Technology acquisition strategies and processes: a reconsideration of the m̀ake versus buy' decision / Michael Radnor -- Quality up, technology dowm: manufacturing improvement programs in Europe / Arnoud De Meyer and Kasra Ferdows -- Fall from excellence: case studies on the decline of industrial
Competitive advantage in manufacturing through information technology / Joel D Goldhar, Mariann Jelinek and Theodore W. Schlie --Evaluating the outputs and impacts of R&D/innovation / Albert H Rubenstein and Eliezer Geisler -- Technology and strategic advantage: managing corporate technology transfer in the USA and Japan / Michael K. Badawy -- Power density: product design for the 21st century / Robert L. Leibensperger -- Value-added: the dominant factor in industrial competitiveness / Bruce Merrifield -- Future needs of the Western Pacific economic region in the context of international logistics / Tsutomu Kono -- Alternative approaches to developing national technological politics / Jacques De Bandt -- The benefits and costs of international technical cooperation in mature industries: a US perspective / Gerhard Rosegger -- US defence dependencies and commercial standards in the