This paper examines the influence of flexible production systems on the development of local sourcing. Using information gathered on production relationships between firms, it shows that the introduction of flexible production systems in electronics components transnationals in Malaysia...

This paper builds a model of growth through industrialization, as machines replace workers in a growing number of tasks. This enables the economy to experience long-run growth, as machines become servants of humans, and as their number can grow unboundedly. The mechanism that drives growth is...

Typical of many cases of technology diffusion and implementation, machine tool automation has stimulated debate about the relative influence of social and technological factors. It is argued that reconciliation of these views requires (a) a realistic model of the firm in its environmental and...