1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910901770203321

Titolo

Army ordnance bulletin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Army Ordnance Association, , 1940-1946

ISSN

2832-7934

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

355

355/.033073

Soggetti

National security - United States

Military readiness

National security

Periodicals.

Périodiques.

United States Defenses Periodicals

États-Unis Défense nationale Périodiques

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

At head of title: Pledged to industrial preparedness as our strongest guaranty of peace.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957434203321

Autore

Dunning John H.

Titolo

Japanese participation in British industry / / John H. Dunning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1986, 2011

ISBN

1-136-92928-2

1-136-92929-0

1-283-03817-X

9786613038173

0-203-84572-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; v. 3

Disciplina

338.88954041

Soggetti

Corporations, Japanese - Great Britain

Investments, Japanese - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: London : Croom Helm, 1986.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""BOOK COVER""; ""TITLE01""; ""COPYRIGHT01""; ""TITLE02""; ""COPYRIGHT02""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""1 JAPANESE DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE UK: THE GENERAL PICTURE""; ""PART I""; ""2 THE EXTENT AND STRUCTURE OF JAPANESE PARTICIPATION IN UK MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY""; ""3 THE REASONS FOR JAPANESE PARTICIPATION IN UK MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY""; ""PART II""; ""4 MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL STRUCTURES IN JAPANESE AFFILIATES""; ""5 THE PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE MANUFACTURING AFFILIATES""; ""PART III""

""6 THE IMPACT OF JAPANESE MANUFACTURING AFFILIATES ON THEIR UK SUPPLIERS�PART ONE""""7 THE IMPACT OF JAPANESE MANUFACTURING AFFILIATES ON THEIR UK SUPPLIERS�PART TWO""; ""8 THE IMPACT OF JAPANESE AFFILIATES ON THEIR COMPETITORS""; ""9 THE IMPACT OF JAPANESE AFFILIATES ON THEIR CUSTOMERS""; ""10 LABOUR RELATED QUESTIONS""; ""11 SOME OTHER FEATURES OF JAPANESE DIRECT INVESTMENT IN UK MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY""; ""12 THE FUTURE OF JAPANESE PARTICIPATION IN UK INDUSTRY""; ""APPENDIX: JAPANESE DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN UK MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""



Sommario/riassunto

Japanese participation in British industry has increased greatly in recent years. While the new investment is welcomed for the jobs it helps create and the injection of new technology and managerial techniques, many people are fearful lest this increased participation should lead to loss of control of British industry by British nationals and adversely affect British competitors and their struggle for global markets. These concerns are made worse by lack of knowledge about just how extensive Japanese managerial participation in British industry is and about how Japanese practices differ. This