Between imitation and innovation : the transfer and hybridization of productive models in the international automobile industry /
Recent years have seen intense debates among management and academics on the rise of 'lean production' and 'Japanization'. Some authors have stressed the 'universal' impact of new forms of work organization and 'best practice' while others have questioned the...
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New York, N.Y. :
Oxford University. Press,
1998
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Between Imitation and Innovation: The Transfer and Hybridization of Productive Models in the International Automobile Industry ; PART I. THEORY AND HISTORY ; 2. Hybridization and Models of Production: Geography, History, and Theory ; 3. The Diffusion and Transformation of Fordism: Britain and Japan Compared ; PART II. BETWEEN TRANSFER AND HYBRIDIZATION ; 4. Making Toyota in America: Evidence from the Kentucky Transplant 1986-1994 ; 5. Stability and Change at NUMMI ; 6. Mazda and Ford at Flat Rock: Transfer and Hybridization of the Japanese Model ; 7. The Japanese Transplants in North America: Production Organization, Location, and Research and Development ; 8. Hybridization of the Japanese Production System in North America, the Newly Industrializing Economies, South-East Asia, and Europe: Contrasted Configurations ; PART III. BETWEEN ADAPTATION AND INNOVATION ; 9. The NedCar Experience: The Configuration of Dutch, Swedish, and Japanese Ideas about Car Manufacturing ; 10. FASA Renault: Innovation in Productive Flexibility and Job Security ; 11. The Transfer and Hybridization of New Models of Production in the Brazilian Automobile Industry ; 12. Ford's Hermosillo Plant: The Trajectory of Development of a Hybrid Model ; 13. Implanting Change: The Role of 'Indigenous Transplants' in Transforming the German Productive Model ; 14. Volkswagen's Shanghai Plant: Between Chinese Tradition and Modernization Strategy ; 15. Saturn: A Different Kind of Company? ; 16. Conclusion: Transplants, Hybridization, and Globalization: What Lessons for the Future