Japan and the global automotive industry

The Japanese automotive industry enjoyed spectacular success in the 1980s. This was largely due to the so-called 'Lean Production System' - the combination of an efficient production system, an effective supplier system, and a product development system. In the 1990s the industry fell on h...

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Autor principal: Shimokawa, Kōichi, 1930- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2010.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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  • Comparing productivity of the Japanese and US automobile industries
  • The internationalization of the Japanese automotive industry and local production overseas
  • The recovery of European and US auto makers, and relocating and changing lean production
  • Early 1990s : the Japanese automotive industry loses international competitiveness, and the development of restructuring strategies
  • The restructuring of the global automotive and auto-parts industries
  • The restructuring of the world's auto-parts industry and the transfiguration of the keiretsu parts transaction
  • Global M & A and the future of the global auto industry : the light and dark sides of merger and re-alignment
  • The Asian and ASEAN automotive industries in the global era.