The Diffusion of Flexible Manufacturing Systems in Japan, Europe and the United States

Edwin Mansfield
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Edwin Mansfield: Department of Economics, 3718 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6297

Management Science, 1993, vol. 39, issue 2, 149-159

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the rate of diffusion of flexible manufacturing systems, one of the most important industrial applications of information technology. Using data from about 175 firms, I analyze diffusion rates in Japan, Western Europe and the United States, a major purpose being to determine whether, as is often claimed, U.S. firms have been relatively slow to introduce this innovation, and if so, why.

Keywords: diffusion of innovations; technological change; flexible manufacturing systems; industrial automation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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