Industries and global competition : a history of business beyond borders

Introduction Industry History: Its Concepts and Methods Takafumi Kurosawa Part 1: FDI and Global Competition 1. Advantage of Being a Giant: The Global Cigarette Industry since the 1980s Takashi Hirao 2. Access to Markets, Investment, Continentalization and Competitiveness: The Evolution of the Canadian Auto Sector Dimitry Anastakis 3. Different Ways to the Global Market: The Dynamics of Japan's Electrical Equipment Companies Shigehiro Nishimura 4. Exploring the Rise of Big Pharma: A French-Inspired Model for the Global Vaccine Industry Julia Yongue Part 2: Localized Knowledge as a Lasting Competitive Advantage 5. Longevity in Regional Specialization: the Dutch Water Construction Industry Bram Bouwens 6. Going Global in Fragmented Markets: The European Publishing Industry since the Second Postwar Period. Nuria Puig and Maria Fernandez-Moya 7. Small, Hidden and Competitive: the Japanese Chemical Industry since 1990 So Hirano Part 3: Shift in Global Value Chains 8. Sourcing Competition across Industries: Japanese Department Stores and the Global Fast Fashion Rika Fujioka 9. "Swiss made" but Global: From Technology to Fashion in the Watch Industry, 1950-2010 Pierre-Yves Donze 10. How to Sail a Sinking Ship - Adapting to the Declining Competitiveness of the European Shipping Industry Stig Tenold and Jari Ojala 11. Three Markets and Three Types of Competitiveness: Pulp and Paper Industry Takafumi Kurosawa and Tomoko Hashino Conclusion Bram Bouwens and Pierre-Yves Donze