Manufacturing a Better Future for America
| Author | : Richard McCormack |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Globalization |
| ISBN | : 9780615288192 |
Offshoring And The State Of American Manufacturing
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The Factory-free Economy
| Author | : Lionel Fontagné |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 383 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 019877916X |
An economic analysis of de-industrialization that considers the ongoing transformation of the industrial economies and the consequences for economic policy.
Manufacturing Matters
| Author | : Stephen S. Cohen |
| Publisher | : New York : Basic Books |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 1987-06-03 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
Made in the USA
| Author | : Vaclav Smil |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2013-08-23 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0262019388 |
An argument that America's economy needs a strong and innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates.
The Offshoring of Engineering
| Author | : National Academy of Engineering |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2008-08-14 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0309114837 |
The engineering enterprise is a pillar of U.S. national and homeland security, economic vitality, and innovation. But many engineering tasks can now be performed anywhere in the world. The emergence of "offshoring"- the transfer of work from the United States to affiliated and unaffiliated entities abroad - has raised concerns about the impacts of globalization. The Offshoring of Engineering helps to answer many questions about the scope, composition, and motivation for offshoring and considers the implications for the future of U.S. engineering practice, labor markets, education, and research. This book examines trends and impacts from a broad perspective and in six specific industries - software, semiconductors, personal computer manufacturing, construction engineering and services, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals. The Offshoring of Engineering will be of great interest to engineers, engineering professors and deans, and policy makers, as well as people outside the engineering community who are concerned with sustaining and strengthening U.S. engineering capabilities in support of homeland security, economic vitality, and innovation.
Currency Conflict and Trade Policy
| Author | : C. Fred Bergsten |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2017-06-27 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0881327255 |
Conflicts over currency valuations are a recurrent feature of the modern global economy. To strengthen their international competitiveness, many countries resort to buying foreign currencies to make their exports cheaper and their imports more expensive. In the first decade of the 21st century, for example, China's currency manipulation practices were so flagrant that they produced a backlash in the United States and other trading partners, prompting threats of retaliation. How damaging is the practice of currency manipulation—and how extensive is the problem? This book by C. Fred Bergsten and Joseph E. Gagnon—two leading experts on trade, investment, and the effects of currency manipulation—traces the history, causes, and effects of currency manipulation and analyzes a range of policy responses that the United States could adopt. The book is an indispensable guide to a complex and serious problem and what might be done to solve it.
The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Development
| Author | : Gary Gereffi |
| Publisher | : International Labour Organization |
| Total Pages | : 82 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9789290148050 |
This book is based on the 7th ILO Social Policy Lectures, which are endowed with the ILO's Nobel Peace Prize, held in Kingston, Jamaica in December 2005. In keeping with the topics covered in the lecture series, it uses the global value chains perspective to look at how offshore outsourcing has affected the quantity and quality of jobs in the global economy. While offering an overview of the contemporary global labour market, the book examines the issue of global consolidation and industrial upgrading and its promise and perils for development. It introduces an analytical framework for linking jobs in the industrial structures of both advanced and developing economies through the dynamics of global value chains. It reviews the strategies of leading firms global retailers, branded marketers, and brand-name manufacturers and considers the conceptualisation of jobs in the global economy not by their location in particular industries or countries, but by their role in global value chains.The author argues that, given the special features of global value chains, there is a need to reconsider the contemporary notions of global corporate social responsibility and private as well as public governance
Outsourcing America
| Author | : Ron Hira |
| Publisher | : AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2008-04-30 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0814416284 |
One of the most controversial topics in the news is the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. Outsourced jobs have extended well beyond the manufacturing sector to include white-collar professionals, particularly in information technology, financial services, and customer service. Outsourcing America reveals just how much outsourcing is taking place, what its impact has been and will continue to be, and what can be done about the loss of jobs. More than an exposé, Outsourcing America shows how offshoring is part of the historical economic shift toward globalism and free trade, and demonstrates its impact on individual lives and communities. In addition, the book now features a new chapter on immigration policies and outsourcing, and advice on how individuals can avoid becoming victims of outsourcing. The authors discuss policies that countries like India and China use to attract U.S. industries, and they offer frank recommendations that business and political leaders must consider in order to confront this crisis—and bring more high-paying jobs back to the U.S.A.
Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics
| Author | : Yasheng Huang |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 2008-09-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1139475134 |
Presents a story of two Chinas – an entrepreneurial rural China and a state-controlled urban China. In the 1980s, rural China gained the upper hand. In the 1990s, urban China triumphed. In the 1990s, the Chinese state reversed many of its rural experiments, with long-lasting damage to the economy and society. A weak financial sector, income disparity, rising illiteracy, productivity slowdowns, and reduced personal income growth are the product of the capitalism with Chinese characteristics of the 1990s and beyond. While GDP grew quickly in both decades, the welfare implications of growth differed substantially. The book uses the emerging Indian miracle to debunk the widespread notion that democracy is automatically anti-growth. As the country marked its 30th anniversary of reforms in 2008, China faces some of its toughest economic challenges and substantial vulnerabilities that require fundamental institutional reforms.
