One Best Way?: Trajectories and Industrial Models of the World's Automobile Producers - Couverture rigide

 
9780198290896: One Best Way?: Trajectories and Industrial Models of the World's Automobile Producers
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198290896 ISBN 13 : 9780198290896
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Many argue that the sole viable future for the automobile industry - indeed for all industry - is the adoption of `lean production' as an organizational model. One Best Way? brings together the research of academic specialists in the automobile industry who have analysed the evolution of 15 major Asian, North American, and European companies in terms of their technological, organizational, commercial and social `trajectories'. They look closely at the evidence for `one best way' and argue that it is more useful to assess the distinctive challenges and `trajectories' that companies have pursued as they try to optimize their profit-making capacities. The book present detailed descriptions of the major producers around the world in three sections:

Asia: Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Hyundai

North America: General Motors, Ford, Chrysler

Europe: Peugeot, Renault, Rover, Mercedes, Volvo, Lada

The book will be essential reading and reference for academics, researchers, and analysts worldwide wanting to track the course of the automobile industry and assess the merits of `lean production'.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Many argue that the sole viable future for the automobile industry - indeed for all industry - is the adoption of `lean production' as an organizational model. One Best Way? brings together the research of academic specialists in the automobile industry who have analysed the evolution of 15 major Asian, North American, and European companies in terms of their technological, organizational, commercial and social `trajectories'. They look closely at the evidence for `one best way' and argue that it is more useful to assess the distinctive challenges and `trajectories' that companies have pursued as they try to optimize their profit-making capacities. The book present detailed descriptions of the major producers around the world in three sections: Asia: Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Hyundai North America: General Motors, Ford, Chrysler Europe: Peugeot, Renault, Rover, Mercedes, Volvo, Lada The book will be essential reading and reference for academics, researchers, and analysts worldwide wanting to track the course of the automobile industry and assess the merits of `lean production'.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198290896
ISBN 13 
9780198290896
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
494
Éditeur
Freyssenet Michel, Mair Andrew, Shimizu Koichi, Volpato Giuseppe
Coordonnées du fabricant
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