ReportsCapturing value from global value networks: strategic approaches to configuring international production, supply and service operationsDescriptionNew report from the Centre for International Manufacturing outlining its strategic approach to the design and management of global value networks £35 plus P&P (see here for further information on delivery rates. Postal charges will be added to your basket) ISBN 978-1-902456-30-8 Getting help with open innovationDescriptionThe report aims to help companies select the most effective source of help with open innovation. It describes the capabilities companies need in order to implement open innovation successfully and the range of assistance offered by different types of innovation intermediaries. £50 hardcopy plus P&P (see here for further information on delivery rates. Postal charges will be added to your basket) How to implement open innovation: lessons from studying large multinational companiesDescriptionThis report sets out to answer the question "I want to implement open innovation, where should I start and what should I do?" It provides an overview of existing approaches to OI and outlines how a company can start to implement a strategy to match the organisation's needs. £50 plus P&P (see here for further information on delivery rates. Postal charges will be added to your basket) Making the right things in the right placesDescriptionDescribes a structured approach to understanding and exploiting a company's international 'manufacturing footprint' - the location of its plants around the globe, what their roles should be and how they interact with each other. £50 plus P&P (see here for further information on delivery rates. Postal charges will be added to your basket) www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/resources/international/making-the-right-things-in-the-right-places/ Organising for breakthrough innovationDescriptionThis report provides companies with guidelines on how to improve their approach to the generation of radically different technologies. The authors describe the obstacles facing firms and their employees when attempting to make significant innovative breakthroughs. £50 plus P&P (see here for further information on delivery rates. Postal charges will be added to your basket) www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/resources/technology/organising-for-breakthrough-innovation/ Technology acquisitions - a guided approach to technology acquisition and protection decisionsDescriptionThis research investigated the growing trend for companies to acquire technologies from external sources rather than using the firm’s own internal research and development activities. £50 hardcopy plus P&P (see here for further information on delivery rates. Postal charges will be added to your basket) ISBN 978-1-902546-39-1 www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/resources/technology/technology-acquisition-and-protection/ Towards a sustainable industrial systemDescriptionThis report calls for a collaborative effort by academics, teachers, industrialists and policy makers to create a sustainable, global industrial system. (25 pages) £50 plus P&P (see here for further information on delivery rates. Postal charges will be added to your basket)
Understanding China's manufacturing value chainDescriptionThis report from the IfM's Centre for International Manufacturing examines opprtunities for UK enterprises in China and includes elected case studies in white goods, TFT-Liquid crystal display and pharmaceutical sectors. £50 hardcopy plus P&P (see here for further information on delivery rates. Postal charges will be added to your basket) http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/resources/international/understanding-chinas-manufacturing/ Well dressed? The present and future sustainability of clothing and textiles in the United KingdomDescriptionThis report produced by researchers in the IfM's Sustainable Manufacturing Group, sets out a vision of a sustainable clothes industry which at the same time would offer new opportunities to retailers and manufacturers. Free plus P&P
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