Continuous Improvement Strategies - Japanese Convenience Store Systems

This book discusses continuous improvement strategies of Japanese convenience store operators. The study highlights the efforts of companies operating under lean management systems to identify new, dynamic, firm-specific capabilities in highly competitive markets.

List of contents

Introduction Theory and Research Methodology Historical Overview and the CS System New Challenges in a Dynamic Environment New Developments in Recent Years Discussion of Rigidities and New Approaches Conclusion

About the author

DAVID MARUTSCHKE Associate at J.D. Power Asia Pacific in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated in International Business Administration and Japanese Studies at Tübingen University, Germany. For his PhD thesis and research he was based at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo, and at Kyoto University, Japan, as a JSPS scholarship holder.

Summary

This book discusses continuous improvement strategies of Japanese convenience store operators. The study highlights the efforts of companies operating under lean management systems to identify new, dynamic, firm-specific capabilities in highly competitive markets.

Product details

• Authors: D Marutschke, D. Marutschke
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781349345175
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34517-5
• No. of pages: 203
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 13 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Illustrations: XI, 203 p.
• Series: Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series; Palgrave MacMillan Asian Busin; Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Marketing, B, Business, Planning, Organization, Market research, Business and Management, Business & management, International business, Organizational theory & behaviour, Business and Management, general, International Economics, Sales & marketing, Management science, Asian Culture, Ethnology—Asia, International business enterprises, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Lean Management;management;strategy