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Klappentext Since the 1960s, the world's automobile producers have been borrowing, adapting, or inventing solutions to problems. Japanese management techniques and ideas have been much studied and copied, particularly the model of "lean production." In this book, experts from many different countries compare and contrast the strategic and organizational solutions of the major producers in North American, Europe, and Japan over the past three decades. Zusammenfassung Many argue that the viable future for the automobile industry is the adoption of "lean production" as an organizational model. This is a study of the evolution of 15 Asian, North American and European companies in terms of technological, organizational, commercial and social "trajectories". Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Michel Freyssenet: Intersecting Trajectories and Model Changes 2: Daniel Raff: Models, Trajectories, and the Evolution of Production Systems: Lessons from the American Automobile Industry in the Years Between the Wars Part I. Only One Model in Japan? 3: Kiochi Shimizu: New Toyotaism? 4: Masanori Hanada: Nissan: Restructuring to Regain Competitiveness 5: Andrew Mair: The Globalization of Honda's Product-Led Flexible Mass Production System 6: Kiochi Shimizu and Kiochi Shimokawa: The Unique Trajectory of Mitsubishi Motors 7: Myeong-Kee Chung: Hyundai Tries Two Industrial Models to Penetrate Global Markets Part II. Three Distinct Trajectories at North America's Big Three 8: Michael Flynn: The General-Motors Trajectory: Strategic Shift or Tactical Drift? 9: Gerard Bordenave: Globalization at the Heart of Organizational Change: Crisis and Recovery at the Ford Motor Company 10: Bruce Belowski: Re-Inventing Chrysler Part III. Europe's Dilemma: The Original Conditions of Industrial Model's Viability 11: Ulrich Jürgens: The Development of Volkswagen's Industrial Model, 1967-1995 12: Arnaldo Camuffo and Giuseppe Volpato: Making Manufacturing Lean in the Italian Automobile Industry: The Trajectory of Fiat 13: Jean-Louis Loubet: Peugeot Meets Ford, Sloan, and Toyota 14: Michel Freyssenet: Renault: From Diversified Mass Production to Innovative Flexible Production 15: Andrew Mair: From British Leyland Motor Corporation to Rover Group: The Search for a Viable British Model 16: Christian Berggren: A Second Comeback or a Final Farewell? The Volvo Trajectory, 1973-1994 17: Jean-Jaques Chanaron: Lada: Viability of Fordism? 18: Michel Freyssenet, Andrew Mair, Kiochi Shimizu, and Giuseppe Volpato: Conclusion: The Choices to be made in the Coming Decade ...
