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The Technological Revolution in World Markets: Strategies for Global Company Competitiveness

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A new technology-centric economy with different interaction and valuation rules for economic success shapes increasingly the reality of global companies. Technical innovations influence international market structures, value chains, customer interaction and dominant parts of the competitive landscape.

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Fussan, C. (2001). The Technological Revolution in World Markets: Strategies for Global Company Competitiveness. In: Holzhausen, A. (eds) Can Japan Globalize?. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11285-4_22

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