The Productive Edge: A New Strategy for Economic Growth

by Richard K. Lester

Book Overview

Recently, significant new productivity gains have been reported in important industries, both old and new. What is it about such industries, and individual firms in those industries, that has enabled them to regain their productive edge? In this book, a leading authority on this crucial issue searches five recent success stories--in automobiles, steel, semiconductors, electric power generation, and cellular communication--for clues to shape a new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393320383
• ISBN13: 9780393320381
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"