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Klappentext In this book, eminent industry specialist Koichi Shimokawa explains the current state of the Japanese automotive industry.In this book, eminent industry specialist Koichi Shimokawa explains the current state of the Japanese automotive industry. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Lists of figures; Lists of tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. International comparison of automobile productivity between Japan and USA; 2. The internationalization of the Japanese automotive industry and local production overseas; 3. The resuscitation of the European and American auto-makers and its meaning - in relation to the relocation and change of the Japanese-style production system; 4. The fall in international competitiveness of the Japanese automotive industry and the development of restructuring strategies: the early 1990s; 5. The restructuring of the global automotive industry and the structuring conversion of the auto-parts industry; 6. The restructuring of the world's auto-parts industry and the transfiguration of the Keiretsu parts transaction; 7. Global M&A, and future of the global auto industry: bright and dark sides of merger and re-alignment; 8. The Asian and ASEAN automotive industries in the global era; 9. A perspective on China's automotive industry in the global era and strategies by the Japanese auto-makers; 10. Conclusion: the global world automotive industry's perspective on the 21st century and the tasks of the Japanese automotive industry - retrospect and perspective as conclusion; Index.
