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Koichi Shimokawa - Japan and the Global Automotive Industry, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

Japan and the Global Automotive Industry

Av Koichi Shimokawa

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The Japanese automotive industry enjoyed spectacular success in the 1980s. This was largely due to the so-called 'Lean Production System' - the combination of an efficient production system, an effective supplier system, and a product development system. In the 1990s the industry fell on hard times because of the Japanese asset price bubble and extreme currency appreciation. In this book, eminent industry specialist Koichi Shimokawa draws on his thirty years of research and fieldwork with Japanese and American firms, to show how the Japanese automotive industry has managed to recover from this difficult period. 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. In addition, the book also addresses the two major challenges to the current industry model: the rise of China and the environmental and energy supply situation.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2010-06-03
  • Mått: 160 x 235 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 690 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 352
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521866873
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Koichi Shimokawa is Professor in the Faculty of Business Administration at Tokaigakuen University and Emeritus Professor at Hosei University, Japan. He is one of the world's leading researchers on the automotive industry and is a leading member of the International Motor Vehicle Program. He is the author of several books on Japanese business and the automotive industry, including The Japanese Automobile Industry (1994).

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'In this important book, Koichi Shimokawa presents new insights into the reasons for Japan's automotive industry success and describes crucial phases of its development. Looking ahead into the future of the industry, he makes a powerful argument for a turn towards ecological sustainability. A masterpiece by the doyen of Japan's academic automotive research community!' Ulrich Jürgens, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and the Free University of Berlin

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