The myth of Japanese efficiency
Subtitle: the world car industry in a globalizing age
By: Dan Coffey.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Northampton, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845420413
Subjects: Toyota Jidōsha Kabushiki Kaisha; Automobile industry and trade -- Japan -- Management; Automobile industry and trade -- Production control -- Japan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency; title: Wide selection : a myth encountered; title: Production malapropisms : the BMW-Rover group controversy; title: Lean production : the dog that did not bark; title: Back to the future : the reorganization of work at Toyota; title: Rivalrous asymmetries and the Japanese myth; title: Rethinking lean thinking : substance and counterfeit; title: The totalising myth : Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction.