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The hybrid factory in the United States : the Japanese-style management and production system under the global economy / edited by Tetsuji Kawamura.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial management--Japan.
- Industrial management.
- Corporations, Japanese--United States--Management.
- Corporations, Japanese.
- Corporations, Japanese--North America--Management.
- Production management--Japan.
- Production management.
- Production management--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the early 1980's, Japanese firms have massively globalized their production operations and have shown superb competitive powers in global markets. This meant, however, they had to establish their unique Japanese-style management and production system locally, taking into account different conditions in countries that had not originally nurtured their unique system. In each case, firms found ways to balance applications and adaptations, resulting in a hybridization of their management and production systems. These experiences abroad dictated changes to the traditional system-in order to...
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Introduction: The Japanese-Style Management and Production System in the United States; 2. The Japanese Management System and the Corporate Strategies of Japanese Companies; 3. Hybrid Analysis of Japanese Transplants in the United States; 4. Case Reports of Hybrid Factories in the United States; 5. Case Reports of Hybrid Factories in Mexico and Canada; 6. Conclusion: Characteristic Patterns of Japanese Transplants in the United States and Their Implications; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-025852-7
- 1-283-13429-2
- 9786613134295
- 0-19-971852-0
- OCLC:
- 732052473
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