Bryson, J. R., 1963-

Design economies and the changing world economy : innovation, production and competitiveness / John R. Bryson and Grete Rusten. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010. - xx, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Designer economies -- Economies of "design", signs and space: management, marketing, design and production -- Nefarious learning: imitation versus inimitability and differentiation by design -- Design histories: anonymous design, hidden innovation and professional design -- Corporate strategy and designing competitiveness -- Design, corporate competitiveness and regional economic development -- Varieties of capitalism : from global production networks to production projects and distributed tasks -- Creating and shaping things: placing and spacing product design -- Designing capitalism: distributed tasks and divisions of expertise and -- Labour.

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Industrial design.
New products.
Competition, International.

TS171 / .B795 2010

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