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| ISBN: | 9780511729645
0511729642
9780511726354
051172635X
9780511730283
0511730284
9786612619922
6612619929
9780511728693
0511728697
9781107412682
1107412684
9780521866873
0521866871
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical reference and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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 hard times because of the Japanese asset price bubble and extreme currency appreciation. In this book, eminent industry specialist Koichi Shimokawa draws on his thirty years of research and fieldwork with Japanese and American firms, to show how the Japanese automotive industry has managed to recover from this difficult period. He shows how firms like Toyota were able to transfer Japanese systems to overseas plants and how they have changed in order to compete in increasingly globalized markets. In addition, the book also addresses the two major challenges to the current industry model: the rise of China and the environmental and energy supply situation.
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| Other form: | Print version: Shimokawa, Kōichi, 1930- Japan and the global automotive industry. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521866873
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| Standard no.: | 9786612619922
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