Mechanics Made in Italy : innovation and expertise evolution : a case study from the packaging industry, 1960-1998 / Matteo Serafini
| Signatura | Copia | Colección |
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| 10266 | Capítulo en monografía |
The chapter explores the approach to technological innovation and the evolution of technical expertise that characterized the establishment of the Italian instrumental mechanics at international level during the second half of the twentieth century. One of the most dynamic sectors of this industry is considered here, namely the production of packaging machinery. By focusig on G.D.S.p.A., a leading company with headquarters in the Emilia Romagna región, and more precisely on the activity carried our by the technical design office, the aim is to offer an in-depth examination of the innovation and learning practives developed by the technical personnel of that office at firm level. The history of the G.G. technical design office can be described in terms of an evolutionary inter-generational learning process, whose two cornerstones were respectively the definition and constant updating of a core technical pattern on wich the machinery designed and produced by the company was based, and the improvement of the technical personnel's problema-solving capabilities. Although the chapter deals with a specific case study, it is suggested that these were distinctive characteristics of other successful sectors of the Italian instrumental mechanics.
P. 211-232
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| Fundación Juanelo Turriano | 10266 |
The chapter explores the approach to technological innovation and the evolution of technical expertise that characterized the establishment of the Italian instrumental mechanics at international level during the second half of the twentieth century. One of the most dynamic sectors of this industry is considered here, namely the production of packaging machinery. By focusig on G.D.S.p.A., a leading company with headquarters in the Emilia Romagna región, and more precisely on the activity carried our by the technical design office, the aim is to offer an in-depth examination of the innovation and learning practives developed by the technical personnel of that office at firm level. The history of the G.G. technical design office can be described in terms of an evolutionary inter-generational learning process, whose two cornerstones were respectively the definition and constant updating of a core technical pattern on wich the machinery designed and produced by the company was based, and the improvement of the technical personnel's problema-solving capabilities. Although the chapter deals with a specific case study, it is suggested that these were distinctive characteristics of other successful sectors of the Italian instrumental mechanics.
P. 211-232
