International Manufacturing Strategies

Preface. Part 1: Introduction. 1. Introduction: International Manufacturing Strategy: Context, Culture, and Change. Part II: Country Studies. 2. Manufacturing Strategy Put in Socio-Economic Context. 3. Manufacturing Strategy in Argentina: The Challenge of Change, M. Paladino, et al. 4. Manufacturing Modernisation in Brazil: Scope and Direction in the Metal Products, Machinery and Equipment Industry, P.F. Fleury, R. Arkader. 5. Denmark: Horse Sense Manufacturing, F. Gersten, J.O. Riis. 6. Finland: Changing from Technology-Based Towards Process-Based Manufacturing Strategy, M. Simons, et al. 7. Manufacturing Strategy in The Netherlands: Context and Perspective, H. Boer, D. Draaijer. 8. Italian Assembly Industry: Challenges and Responses to Globalisation and Innovation, E. Bartezzaghi, G. Spina. 9. Japanese Manufacturing Strategy: To Compete with the Tigers, H. Yamashina. 10. The Japanese Model - What is it and to What Extent Has it Diffused to the West? C.A. Voss. 11. Manufacturing Strategy of Norwegian ISIC 38 Industry: A Systematic Perspective, Hongyi Sun, et al. 12. The New Strategy for the Portuguese Industry, J.B. Gouveia. 13. Managing Manufacturing in an Economy in Transition: Spain's Challenges and Responses, G.A. Vargas. 14. Lead Time Reduction - Manufacturing Strategy in Sweden, P. Lindberg. 15. Manufacturing in the UK: Seeking Sustainable Industrial Renaissance, C.A. Voss. Part III: Patterns of Change. 16. Regional Trading Blocs and Manufacturing Strategies in the European Union, MERCOSUR, and NAFTA, C.A. Voss. 17. NAFTA: An Empirical Operations Perspective, F. Johnson, et al. 18. Trajectories of Change. 19. Environment and Manufacturing Strategy: Comparing Modernisation Paths and Performance in Brazil and Argentina, P.F. Fleury, et al. 20. A Study of Technological-Organisational Development and Market Dynamics in Denmark and Norway, J. Frick, et al. Part IV: New Ideas in Manufacturing Strategy. 21. New Ideas in Manufacturing Strategy. 22. The Network Cell as a Step to the Network Factory, R. Hyötyläinen, M. Simons. 23. Quality, Technology, and Global Manufacturing, J.E. Ettlie. 24. US Manufacturing in the 1990s: The Chase and the Challenge, J. Ettlie, P.T. Ward. 25. Manufacturing Strategies, Practices and Performance in Korea, B-H Rho, et al. 26. The Multi-Focused Manufacturing Paradigm: Adoption and Performance Improvements within the Assembly Industry, G. Spina, et al. Appendix &endash, Tables. Index.... Mehr