2 Hefte (2 Exemplare)

International: Journal of the Georg Fischer Corporation, No. 11, September 1998, Volume 3

Contents:

• Contents (p. 2)
• Editorial (p. 3)
• How to Create Innovation? – A creative climate provides the foundation for innovations (p. 4)
• Patents Protect Ideas – Strategic patenting as a management task (p. 6)
• Beloved Building Blocks – Less inventory, increased flexibility, more variations (p. 8)
• Thirty Million Instructions Per Second – Sustained improvement in arc machining performance (p. 10)
• Time as a Factor for Success – The highest principle for industrial activity (p. 12)
• Γ-Bend versus "angels' hair" – A development story from plant engineering (p. 14)
• Compounded Know-how – Simultaneous engineering secures the permanent transfer of knowledge (p. 16)
• The Legendary Mini and the Cheeky Looking Smart – Exploring the backgrounds of these two motorcar innovations (p. 18)
• Of Ambassadors and Managers – From the Rhine to the Potomac – In a dream? (p. 22)
• Georg Fischer Forum: Innovations Through Combinations (p. 26)
• Profile (p. 27)