The strategic advantages of new manufacturing technologies for small firms
论证小企业同样能受益于高科技制造技术，通过案例展示其战略应用，并讨论技术如何改变大小企业间的竞争格局。
Abstract From the descriptions of firms implementing high technology manufacturing programs it would appear that only large companies can benefit from these new manufacturing technologies. In this article the point is argued that small firms are just as well, or better, equipped to implement and benefit from these technological advances, particularly in strategic areas. After describing these new technologies and their benefits and risks, two case studies are presented of small firms that made strategic use of these benefits. The factors that allow this are discussed, and the way that manufacturing technology is altering the competitive equation between large and small firms is then described.