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The myth of Japanese efficiency : the world car industry in a globalizing age
Coffey, Dan - 2006
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851708
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Firm size, innovation, and market structure : the evolution of industry concentration and instability
Mazzucato, Mariana - 2000
Firm Size, Innovation and Market Structure uses evolutionary dynamic theory, non-linear mathematics and computer simulation techniques to explore the relationship between firm size, innovation and market structure. The book begins by reviewing the connection between these variables from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473868
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New directions in the study of work and employment : revitalizing industrial relations as an academic enterprise
Whalen, Charles Joseph (contributor) - 2008
Charles Whalen's book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field's leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851299
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A research agenda for lean management
Furlan, Andrea (ed.); Powell, Daryl J. (ed.) - 2024
"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This fascinating Research Agenda analyzes the key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512172
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Industries in Europe : competition, trends, and policy issues
Johnson, P. S. (contributor) - 2003 - 2nd ed
This important book, a successor volume to European Industries, brings together a number of in-depth and authoritative studies of key European industries, providing fascinating insights into their nature and characteristics
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851763
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Japanese multinationals in Europe : a comparison of the automobile and pharmaceutical industries
Andō, Kenʼichi - 2005
This book explores the regional strategy and management of Japanese MNEs in Europe. Ken-ichi Ando investigates, using case studies of the auto and pharmaceutical industries, how these companies can, and do, overcome the inherent difficulties and opportunities of trading in Europe, including the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473794
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Creating ecological value : an evolutionary approach to business strategies and the natural environment
Boons, Frank - 2009
Firms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850733
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Cross-national appropriation of work systems : Japanese firms in the UK
2003
The diffusion of work processes across countries through foreign direct investment and technological collaborations is an increasingly important practice in today's global economy. Ayse Saka explores this process both by focusing on the role of actors in appropriating different ways of operating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850874
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The economics of sport, health and happiness : the promotion of well-being through sporting activities
Humphreys, Brad R. (contributor);  … - 2011
significant component for improving the happiness, health and well-being of citizens, communities and society as a whole. In so …1. Participation in physical activity and health outcomes : evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey / Jane E …. Ruseski and Brad R. Humphreys -- 2. An economic analysis of the subjective health and well-being of physical activity / Paul …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851324
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Management and happiness
Cooper, Cary - 2013
and ruins your health, Alamaeda, CA, USA: Hunter House. -- Taris, T.W. and P.J. Schreurs (2009), 'Wellbeing and …E.B. Faragher, C.L. Cooper and S. Cartwright (2004), 'A Shortened Stress Evaluation Tool (ASSET)', Stress and Health …-Focused Worksite Stress Management Interventions', Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5 (1), January, 156-63 -- Brenda Gardner …
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