Japanese management style in China? Production practices in Japanese manufacturing plants |
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Authors: | Bill Taylor |
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Institution: | Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong |
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Abstract: | Through an examination of twenty Japanese owned manufacturing plants in China, this article seeks to question the usefulness of identifying Japanese competitive success as being associated with specific Japanese production management techniques. Rather Japanese plants adopt, seemingly profitably, various and differentiated production methods, depending on local and parent company circumstances. |
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