Re-engineering for Sustainable Industrial Production: Proceedings of the OE/IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Integrated and Sustainable Industrial Production Lisbon, Portugal, May 1997

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This text addresses the challenges faced by SMEs (small and medium enterprises) due to the globalization of the economy and discusses supporting technologies. It discusses the tendencies and experiences regarding: industrial strategies for peripheral regions; engineering and penetration of new markets; engineering and industrial survival in open markets; regional protection against newcomers; globalization of the economy and subcontracting; and achievement of the appropriate combination of automation and human-centred manufacturing. It focuses on SMEs from small geographical regions.