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Workplace innovation, competitiveness and employment in a traditional industry

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The article presents teamworking in practice, located in a local, regional and European context. Based on extensive experience in the textile industry in the East Midlands, lessons have been applied in the textile industry across Europe, in regional development policy, and in the development of a European Work and Technology Consortium and UK Work Organisation Network.

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Totterdill, P. Workplace innovation, competitiveness and employment in a traditional industry. AI & Soc 11, 202–217 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02812448

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