Sinossi
The new technologies based on microelectronics have changed production conditions, organizations and employment trends the world over. Although there are several studies on the impact of this technology for developed countries, the problems faced by developing countries in coping with this new technology have been given little attention. This volume examines the various issues that arise in a transition from old to new technologies. The actual problems faced by both the management and trade unions in tackling these technologies, and in using them in the promotion of growth and social welfare are analyzed. The book also contains a comparative analysis of the response to these technologies by East Asian economies, by advanced industrial economies and by developing countries.
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Recensione
`Is important for several reasons... provide[s] critical insights into the behaviour of Indian industrial management and into the process and effects of technological change there. This sort of material tends to have poor visibility in the West, and this makes their contribution all the more valuable for our understanding of the dynamics of capitalism at a global level in this era of information technology. The work of Bagchi and his colleagues in particular underlines, in the Indian context, the claims of economists of technology who have examined the reasons for success and failure of technological change in other countries in the Asian economic bloc' - Work, Employment and Society
Contenuti
Introduction - Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Coping with Technological Change
Notes on Dynamic Flexibility, Cooperation and Economic Efficiency - Jose Ricardo Tauile
Nation, Distribution and Machinery - Partha Sarathi Banerjee
Managing and Organizing for Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Per Lindberg
Technology Import and Skill Development in a Microelectronics-Based Industry - Sunil Mani
The Case of India's Electronic Switching Systems
Output Growth, Technology Behaviour and Employment - K J Joseph
Indian Electronics Industry under Liberalization
Problems of the Electronics Industry in West Bengal - Dipayan Datta Chaudhuri
A Case Study
New Technologies, Flexibilization and the Changing Capital-Labour Relations - Laurids S Lauridsen
The East Asian NICs, with Special Reference to Taiwan and South Korea
Microelectronics, Flexible Specialization and Small-Scale Industrialization in the Third World - Jeffrey James and Ajit Bhalla
New Technology - Bagaram Tulpule and Ramesh C Dutta
Productivity, Employment and Workers' Response
The Introduction of Microelectronics Technology and its Impact on Collective Bargaining in the Bombay Region - Radha D'Souza (Iyer)
New Technology at the Shopfloor Level - Ranabir Samaddar
The Story of Deunionization in Some Indian Newspapers
Indian Banks, Information Technology and Bargaining - Mamata Roy (Chaudhuri)
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