Value Creation through Engineering Excellence

Part I. The Engineering Value Chain and the main Capability Areas

1. Introduction
Yufeng Zhang, Mike Gregory

2. Engineering and Technology Management
Yuan Zhou, Rob Phaal, Tim Minshall, David Probert

3. International Manufacturing and Engineering
Yongjiang Shi, Yufeng Zhang

4. Engineering Services: Unpacking Value Exchange
Florian Urmetzer, Andy Neely, Veronica Martinez

Part II. Engineering Network Innovation and Optimisation

5. Engineering Design and Innovation in a Global Context
Thomas P. Taylor, Erik Søndergaard, Tim Minshall, Letizia Mortara, Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen

6. Engineering in International Business Networks: The Motivations and Practices of Chinese MNCs
Quan Zhou, Xiaobo Wu, Yongjiang Shi

7. Engineering Value Chain Simulation and Innovation
Tao Zhang, Yufeng Zhang

8. ICT for High Value Engineering Networks
Ting He, Xiaofei Xu

9. Engineering Value Chain Modelling and Optimization
Lina Zhou, Xiaofei Xu

10. Engineering Value Chain Coordination and Optimization
Ming Dong, Yonglin Li

Part III. Future Trends and Implications

11. Engineering for Sustainable Value
Miying Yang, Padmakshi Rana, Steve Evans

12. Product Life Cycle Design for Sustainable Value Creation
Jing Tao, Suiran Yu

13. Engineering and the Skills Crisis in the UK and USA: A Comparative Analysis of Employer-Engaged Education
John R. Bryson, Rachel A. Mulhall, Nichola Lowe, Julianne Stern

14. An Industrial Policy Framework for High Value Engineering
Chris Collinge

Avainsanat: Business and Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Engineering, general, Organization, Emerging Markets/Globalization, Management