Innovation and Competitiveness in Portable Power Tools

W. B. Walker and J. P. Gardiner

Chapter 11 in Technical Innovation and British Economic Performance, 1980, pp 184-199 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Portable power tools make up one of the smallest sectors of the machine-building industry; worldwide, the sector employs fewer than 50,000 people. Nevertheless, it illustrates a number of features of wider significance: the process of mechanisation; the long-term economic significance of continuous, small-step improvements in technology based on a sustained commitment to design and development; a long-standing British backwardness in developing and adopting innovations.

Keywords: Technical Innovation; Japanese Export; British Firm; British Market; Motor Vehicle Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-04561-7_11

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