TY - BOOK ID - 5325669 TI - Manufacturing culture : the institutional geography of industrial practice PY - 2004 SN - 0198233825 0191513466 1280758791 1429430923 9781429430920 0191916498 PB - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Industrial organization KW - Organizational behavior KW - Industries KW - Economic geography. KW - Industrie KW - Comportement organisationnel KW - Géographie économique KW - Social aspects KW - Regional disparities KW - Social aspects. KW - Technological innovations KW - Organisation, contrôle, etc KW - Aspect social KW - Disparités régionales KW - Innovations KW - Géographie économique KW - Organisation, contrôle, etc KW - Disparités régionales KW - Economic geography KW - E-books KW - Geography, Economic KW - World economics KW - Geography KW - Commercial geography KW - Industrial production KW - Industry KW - Economics KW - Behavior in organizations KW - Management KW - Organization KW - Psychology, Industrial KW - Social psychology KW - Industrial concentration KW - Industrial management KW - Industrial sociology KW - Regional disparities. KW - Technological innovations. KW - Organizational behavior. KW - Industries, Primitive UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5325669 AB - Why are firms in some regions or nations so successful at adopting particular new production technologies and work practices, while those in others are not? What role do culturally defined characteristics, traits and attitudes play in determining the degree of success? The issues are examined in this text. ER -