Manufacturing in Transition is a timely and comprehensive examination of the UK's manufacturing sector. It features contributions from specialists in business, management, economics, organizational behaviour and economic geography. Subjects covered include: the nature of change in the management of manufacturing organizations the significance of manufacturing in the mature economies of the Twenty First Century the impact of Japanese companies and methods the implications of de-industrialization comparative analysis of British, Japanese and American electronics manufacturers the regional political economy of manufacturing the changing nature of buyer-supplier relations the prospects for manufacturing renewal in the UK. Detailed and topical, Manufacturing in Transition is an invaluable resource for business students, researchers and public policy makers. Rick Delbridge, Jim Lowe, Michael Kitson, Jonathan Michie, John Lovering, Nick Oliver, Max Munday, Mike Peel, Mike Bresnen, Carolyn Fo