Manufacturing time : global competition in the watch industry, 1795-2000 / Amy K. Glasmeier.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on economic changePublisher: New York : Guilford Press, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xviii, 309 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1572305894
  • 9781572305892
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
From keeping time to keeping pace -- The need for and constraints on change -- The organizational development of the world watch industry -- The burden of being first: the foundations of watchmaking and timekeeping technology and Britain's ascent and decline as the dominant watch manufacturing region -- Why Switzerland? the rise of the Jura system of watch manufacturing -- The American system of watch manufacturing -- More than one way to win a war -- An unexpected competitor -- Only the young survive: the U.S. watch industry between the World Wars and after World War II -- Going electronic: moving to Hong Kong -- Can one man save an industry? -- Success goes to the nimble, regardless of size.
Review: "This book recounts the story of the quest for supremacy in the manufacture of watches - from the cottage industries of Britain; to the workshops and factories of Switzerland and, later, the United States; to the high-tech plants of Japan and the sweat-shops of Hong Kong. Amy K. Glasmeier traces the history of this technologically rich industry over three continents, five countries, and more than 200 years. In doing so, she also sheds light on many of the broader questions of industrial development." "This work belongs on the desks of scholars and students of economic history, business history and strategy, economic geography, history of technology, and world regional development. It will also appeal to analysts and policymakers concerned with local wealth creation and economic stability, as well as anyone interested in the history of watches and watchmaking."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-295) and index.

From keeping time to keeping pace -- The need for and constraints on change -- The organizational development of the world watch industry -- The burden of being first: the foundations of watchmaking and timekeeping technology and Britain's ascent and decline as the dominant watch manufacturing region -- Why Switzerland? the rise of the Jura system of watch manufacturing -- The American system of watch manufacturing -- More than one way to win a war -- An unexpected competitor -- Only the young survive: the U.S. watch industry between the World Wars and after World War II -- Going electronic: moving to Hong Kong -- Can one man save an industry? -- Success goes to the nimble, regardless of size.

"This book recounts the story of the quest for supremacy in the manufacture of watches - from the cottage industries of Britain; to the workshops and factories of Switzerland and, later, the United States; to the high-tech plants of Japan and the sweat-shops of Hong Kong. Amy K. Glasmeier traces the history of this technologically rich industry over three continents, five countries, and more than 200 years. In doing so, she also sheds light on many of the broader questions of industrial development." "This work belongs on the desks of scholars and students of economic history, business history and strategy, economic geography, history of technology, and world regional development. It will also appeal to analysts and policymakers concerned with local wealth creation and economic stability, as well as anyone interested in the history of watches and watchmaking."--BOOK JACKET.

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History of Watch manufacturing 1800-2000

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