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The Myth of Japanese Efficiency

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  • Dan Coffey

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Combining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this provocative book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the ‘lean and flexible’ production model popularly associated with Toyota MC is a myth, but one which sheds light on cultural responses to the attendant stresses of globalization. To illustrate this, Dan Coffey provides individual studies of process flexibility, labour productivity and the re-organization of work in the global car industry.

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  • Dan Coffey, 2006. "The Myth of Japanese Efficiency," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 3615.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eebook:3615
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    1. Rafael Alcadipani & John Hassard & Gazi Islam, 2018. "“ I Shot the Sheriff ”: Irony, Sarcasm and the Changing Nature of Workplace Resistance," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) halshs-01959081, HAL.
    2. Macneill Stewart & Hugues Jeannerat, 2013. "Mobility of Knowledge. Territorial Knowledge Dynamics in luxury car industry. Beyond standard and production markets," GRET Publications and Working Papers 01-13, GRET Group of Research in Territorial Economy, University of Neuchâtel.
    3. Rafael Alcadipani & John Hassard & Gazi Islam, 2018. "“ I Shot the Sheriff ”: Irony, Sarcasm and the Changing Nature of Workplace Resistance," Post-Print halshs-01959081, HAL.
    4. Dan Coffey & Carole Thornley, 2012. "Low carbon mobility versus private car ownership: Towards a new business vision for the automotive world?," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 27(7), pages 732-748, November.

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    Business and Management; Economics and Finance;

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    • F0 - International Economics - - General

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