Beyond Mass Production: The Japanese System and Its Transfer to the U.S.Drawing on five years of research that included field studies of dozens of factories, hundreds of personal interviews, and comprehensive surveys of industrial sectors, the authors show how a new face of capitalism is emerging in the US as a result of the infusion of Japanese methods. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM | 21 |
HighTechnology Capitalism in Japan | 50 |
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