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PRODUCTION INNOVATION IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS: THE CASE OF SWEDISH SMES
Viveros-Eulogio, Brenda; oehrwall Roennbaeck, Anna; Ramirez-Portilla, Andres
Type:
Year:
2015
Editor:
Christian Weber, Stephan Husung, Gaetano Cascini, Marco CantaMESsa, Dorian Marjanovic, Francesca Montagna
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Series:
ICED
Institution:
1: Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; 2: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; 3: Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Section:
Innovation and Creativity
Page(s):
173-182
ISBN:
978-1-904670-71-1
ISSN:
2220-4334
Abstract:
The manufacturing industry needs to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing society by using innovation while considering other factors such as trends. This paper focuses on three overarching trends: globalization, urbanization, and digitalization. These three major trends together with policies and regulations could be regarded as fierce threats to a manufacturing firm operating in a traditional mature industry. However, this mix could also be viewed as an opportunity for the innovative company to address future market needs and gain competitive advantage. Thus, the aim of this paper is to investigate the production innovation in SMES by considering the developments in the manufacturing processes as well as the innovation and design process activities of the manufacturing company. Through two case studies in Sweden, this paper seeks to answer how do SMES operating within the manufacturing sector respond to the sustainability and other emerging trends while innovating in their production processes. This paper helps to understand how these firms are using some of the approaches and strategies to keep the current pace of innovation and sustainability trends.
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