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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777492803321

Titolo

Hybrid factory [[electronic resource] ] : the Japanese production system in the United States / / edited by Tetsuo Abo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1994

ISBN

0-19-770305-4

1-280-52656-4

0-19-535990-9

1-4294-0562-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AboTetsuo <1937->

Disciplina

338.60952

338.88952073

Soggetti

Corporations, Japanese - United States - Management

Industrial management - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword: Globalization and Production; Contributors; 1. The Analysis of Japanese Factories Located Overseas; 2. Characteristics of the Japanese Production System and Its International Transfer Model; 3. The Typical Japanese Overseas Factory; 4. Questionnaire and Survey; 5. Correlation Analysis Between Structural Elements of the Hybrid Model; 6. Industrial Analysis by Industry Types; 7. Types of Japanese Factories Located Overseas; 8. Overall Evaluation and Prospects; Epilogue: More than One Hundred Years: A Historical Overview of Japanese Direct Investment in the United States

NotesBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study describes in detail the potential for the effective international transfer of Japanese management and production systems. It is the result of a ten-year research project by a joint US/Japanese study team.