TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zimmerman, Fred.
TI  - Manufacturing works: the vital link between production and prosperity 
SN  - 0793151988
AV  - HC 110 .I52 .Z55 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Chicago, Illinois.
PB  - Dearborn Financial Publishing
KW  - Productividad industrial
KW  - Condiciones económicas
KW  - Industria
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Países en desarrollo
N1  - Prologue, ix --; Acknowledgments, xiii --; Part one. Production means prosperity --; 1. Unsung achievements, 3 --; 2. Where the money is, 17 --; 3. Indiana: Jitters in comeback land, 31 --; Part two. Changing geography and what it means --; 4. The relocation of industry, 49 --; 5. Counties gaining momentum, 64 --; 6. Counties losing momentum, 82 --; 7. Big-city blues – Philadelphia and beyond, 95 --; 8. Manufacturing and community prosperity, 111 --; Part three. Coping in a world economy --; 9. A deeper look at the trade deficit, 119 --; 10. Globalization and the transfer of skills, 136 --; 11. The shifting defense-industrial base, 150 --; 12.  Investment: booster shot from abroad, 158 --; Part four. A sector still at risk --; 13. Factories: An unspoken word, 169 --; 14. The darker side of merger mania, 178 --; 15. Wanted: better leaders, 191 --; Part five. Staying on the edge --; 16. Wall street: retum to sanity?, 201 --; 17. Driving innovation: manufacturing and research, 211 --; 18. Partnerships that work, 225 --; 19. Raising the odds for a better tomorrow, 232 --; Appendix A. Methodology for choosing the country groups, 247 --; Appendix B. Detailed statistics on sample counties, 250 --; Appendix C. Manufacturing organizations, 261 --; Bibliography, 267 --; Index, 283 --; About the authors, 297
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