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This book develops a model for analyzing the relationships of the defense industry with the productive infrastructure, the political constraints, and the technological capabilities of a semi-industrialized country.

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If we are what we eat, then, this book contends we are not in good shape. It takes us beyond Fast Food Nation to explain why our entire food system is in crisis. It argues for a different way of looking at what we eat - one that places healthy, sustainably-produced food at the top of the menu for a change.

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Explains how big business took control of what we eat - and why so few of us even noticed. This book uncovers some startling facts and stomach-churning figures of agribusiness. It is suitable for those who care about their health and our planet.

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Australia is one of just thirteen countries in the world equipped to take a car from design concept all the way to a showroom -- an achievement not to be let go of lightly. As Gideon Haigh shows in this engaging analysis for the lay reader, the industry has become a whetstone for various ideological axes, clouding the argument.

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An introduction to the business of US export and import with real life examples and contemporary case studies of global trade issues and trends in the textiles and apparel industries.

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This guide includes information about fast foods from restaurants including McDonalds, Burger King and Pizza Hut, popular deli items, frozen food ranges such as Lean Cuisine, 100 recipes for low-fat, fast home cooking, and a special 21 day weight-loss programme.

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As market boundaries proved too confining for the growth and competitiveness of principle auto manufacturers, globalization of the motor vehicle industry accelerated in the last half of the 1990s through the construction of major complexes and the forging of international megamergers. This study exa

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In the past 20 years, the capital goods industries in the USA have displayed a continual weakening of their competitive position. This study investigates this leading sector of the American economy and its competition for global markets by concentrating on case studies of seven companies.

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Yang analyzes the impact of globalization on national economic boundaries, using the automobile industry to contrast three different economic systems. Their corporate policies and manufacturer-supplier linkages influence the international division of labor among modern nations.

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In addition, Scott offers special features that include a look at the colorful people associated with Harley, interesting trivia, a Harley-Davidson time line, a focus on products, a look at how the company treats its workers, what its detractors have to say, and where the company is headed.

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It's 1901 and a guy named Harley has an idea. Put an engine on a bicycle. It's 1908 and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle sets a record by getting 188 miles to a gallon of gas. It's 1909 and the company introduces something new to its line: a V-Twin cylinder engine. Fast forward to the 21st century, and the technical innovation hasn't stopped.

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The authors examine competitiveness in a range of high-technology enterprises, analyzing the industries as an aggregate as well as through three specific examples: semi-conductors, telecommunications, and computers.

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"High-Tech Ventures is for those who design, build, and market innovative products--people who are creating the high-tech world of the future. More specifically it is for all engineers, engineering man"

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This study offers a contemporary and historical analysis of postwar small-scale industrialization in central and northeastern Italy.

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France ranks as the world's third largest arms exporter and supplies arms and military technology to over a hundred countries. This book exposes the compelling aims and interests--national independence, security, economic welfare, foreign influence, grandeur--that explain the nation's successes in arms production and transfers. Originally publishe

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A history of the innovative practices in the San Francisco-area electronics industry that paved the way for the rise of the computer industry in Silicon Valley.

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Overall, this first volume in the series should render business research in manufacturing a good deal easier by bringing together insightful industry histories and detailed critical bibliographies.

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In 2004 the author published her book, Not on the Label, where, in a series of undercover investigations she provided a shocking account of what really goes into the food we eat. When the horsemeat scandal hit the headlines in 2013, her book seemed prescient once again. In this work, she uncovers how British public ended up eating horses.