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Continuous Improvement Strategies : Japanese Convenience Store Systems / by D. Marutschke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marutschke, David.
- Series:
- Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series, 2661-8443
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Asia.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Business.
- Management science.
- International business enterprises.
- Marketing.
- Industrial organization.
- International economic relations.
- Asian Culture.
- Business and Management.
- International Business.
- Organization.
- International Economics.
- Local Subjects:
- Asian Culture.
- Business and Management.
- International Business.
- Marketing.
- Organization.
- International Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book discusses continuous improvement strategies of Japanese convenience store operators. The study highlights the efforts of companies operating under lean management systems to identify new, dynamic, firm-specific capabilities in highly competitive markets.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; General considerations on continuous improvement; Japanese lean systems and the role of convenience store chains; Structure of the book; 2 Theory and research methodology; Organizational capabilities; Continuous improvement as a dynamic approach; Selection of an exemplary business model; Existing literature on Japanese CS; 3 Historical overview and the CS system; Historical overview; Elements of the CS system; Lean management as a continuous improvement initiative
- 4 New challenges in a dynamic environmentRetail trends and structural changes in the market environment; Impact on efficiency using DEA; Survey on internal improvement infrastructure; 5 New developments in recent years; Industry-wide developments; New initiatives in recent years: cases of the three industry leaders; 6 Discussion of rigidities and new approaches; Rigidities of organizational capability building?; New approaches in capability building; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613381194
- 9781283381192
- 1283381192
- 9780230355668
- 0230355668
- OCLC:
- 769139699
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