Industrial Design, Competition and Globalization

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Industrial Design, Competitiveness, Globalization and Organizational Strategy

   1. Industrial Design, Competitiveness, Globalization and Organizational Strategy

      • Grete Rusten, John R. Bryson

      Pages 1-20

3. Industrial Design and National Competitiveness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Industrial Design, National Competitiveness and the Emergence of Design-Centred Economic Policy

      • John R. Bryson

      Pages 23-49

   3. Better by Design? A Critical Appraisal of the Creative Economy in Finland

      • Nikodemus Solitander

      Pages 50-80

   4. Locational Patterns and Competitive Characteristics of Industrial Design Firms in the United States

      • Alan D. MacPherson, Vida Vanchan

      Pages 81-92

   5. The Geography of Producing and Marketing Design for Montreal Fashion: Exploring the Role of Cultural Intermediaries

      • Norma Rantisi

      Pages 93-116

   6. Designed Here, Made There? Project-based Design Work in Toronto, Canada

      • Tara Vinodrai

      Pages 117-140

   7. The Geography of Design in the City

      • Thomas A. Hutton

      Pages 141-166

4. Design and Firm Competitiveness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. Design and Gender with a Competitive Edge

      • Lena Hansson, Magnus Mörck, Magdalena Petersson McIntyre

      Pages 169-194

   3. Riding the Waves of Design: Industrial Design and Competitive Products in the Norwegian Marine, Maritime and Offshore Sectors

      • Grete Rusten

      Pages 195-219

   4. Is Good Design Good Business?

      • Gorm Gabrielsen, Kjell Grønhaug, Lynn Kahle, Tore Kristensen, Thomas Plenborg, Ricky Wilke

      Pages 220-241

5. Back Matter

   Pages 243-250

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Economic activities are becoming increasingly globalised. One result being that for companies in developed market economies price-based competition is being replaced or supplemented by other forms of competitiveness. This book explores the shift towards design-based competitiveness and the escalation in the design-intensity of goods and services.

• business
• competition
• Industrial design
• marketing
• service

• Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway

  Grete Rusten

• University of Birmingham, UK

  John R. Bryson

GORM GABRIELSEN Associate Professor, The Statistics Research Group, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark KJELL GRØNHAUG Professor, Department of Strategy and Management, The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway LENA HANSSON PhD, School of Business, Economics and Law, and researcher at the Center for Consumer Science (CFK), University of Gothenburg, Sweden HUTTON THOMAS A. Professor, Centre for Human Settlements, and Associate Director, School of Community& Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada LYNN KAHLE PhD student, The Marketing Department, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark KRISTENSEN TORE Associate Professor, The Marketing Department, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark ALAN D. MACPHERSON Professor, Department of Geography, and Director, Canada-United States Trade Center, University at Buffalo, USA MAGNUS MÖRCK Associate Professor, Centre for Consumer Science, School of Business, Economic& Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. MAGNUS MCINTYRE PETERSSON PhD, Centre for Consumer Science, School of Business, Economic& Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden THOMAS PLENBORG Professor, The Accounting Department, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark NORMA M RANTISI Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University, Canada NIKODEMUS SOLITANDER Ph.D. Candidate, Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography, Department of Marketing, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland VIDA VANCHAN Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, School of Natural and Social Sciences, Buffalo State College, USA TARA VINODRAI Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Management and Centre for Environment and Business, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Canada RICKY WILKE Associate Professor, The Marketing Department, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

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