Industries and Global Competition

Dr Bram Bouwens is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, Netherlands. Pierre-Yves Donzé is a Professor of Business History at the Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, Japan. Takafumi Kurosawa is a Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan

• Introduction Industry History: Its Concepts and MethodsTakafumi Kurosawa Part 1: FDI and Global Competition1. Advantage of Being a Giant: The Global Cigarette Industry since the 1980sTakashi Hirao2. Access to Markets, Investment, Continentalization and Competitiveness: The Evolution of the Canadian Auto SectorDimitry Anastakis3. Different Ways to the Global Market: The Dynamics of Japan’s Electrical Equipment CompaniesShigehiro Nishimura 4. Exploring the Rise of Big Pharma: A French-Inspired Model for the Global Vaccine IndustryJulia YonguePart 2: Localized Knowledge as a Lasting Competitive Advantage5. Longevity in Regional Specialization: the Dutch Water Construction IndustryBram Bouwens 6. Going Global in Fragmented Markets: The European Publishing Industry since the Second Postwar Period.Nuria Puig and María Fernández-Moya7. Small, Hidden and Competitive: the Japanese Chemical Industry since 1990So HiranoPart 3: Shift in Global Value Chains8. Sourcing Competition across Industries: Japanese Department Stores and the Global Fast FashionRika Fujioka9. "Swiss made" but Global: From Technology to Fashion in the Watch Industry, 1950-2010Pierre-Yves Donzé10. How to Sail a Sinking Ship – Adapting to the Declining Competitiveness of the European Shipping IndustryStig Tenold and Jari Ojala11. Three Markets and Three Types of Competitiveness: Pulp and Paper Industry Takafumi Kurosawa and Tomoko HashinoConclusionBram Bouwens and Pierre-Yves Donzé

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