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This Element applies capability-architecture-performance (CAP) approach of industrial analysis to the evolution of the automobile industry and the strategies of its leading manufacturing firms between the late 19th century and the early 21st century. It regards a manufacturing site ('genba,...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | [2023] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Elements in business strategy,
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This Element applies capability-architecture-performance (CAP) approach of industrial analysis to the evolution of the automobile industry and the strategies of its leading manufacturing firms between the late 19th century and the early 21st century. It regards a manufacturing site ('genba,' such as factory, development facility, etc.) and a product (and other economic artifacts, such as processes) as the two basic units of analysis. Both an industry and a firm can be seen as a collection of sites, as well as a collection of products. The CAP framework predicts that dynamic fits between the sites' organizational capabilities and the product/process architectures lead to sustainable competitive performance. Such key concepts as flows of value-carrying design information, productive/market/profit performance, design-based comparative advantage, integral/modular architectures, multi-skilling, coordinative capability-building, evolutionary capabilities, industry lifecycle, and architectural evolution are discussed in a systematic and dynamic way. -- |
| Carrier Form: | 96 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [91]-94). |
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9781108468947 1108468942 |
| Index Number: | HD9710 |
| CLC: | F416.471 |
| Call Number: | F416.471/F961 |
| Contents: | The Field-Based Framework of Industries and Firms -- Competitive Performance of Sites, Products, and Firms -- Product Technology of the Automobile -- Product Architecture of the Automobile -- The Automobile Industry as Value Flows -- Evolution of Coordinative Manufacturing Capability -- Automobile Industry Life Cycle and Architectural Evolution -- Summary and Future |