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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...

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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...

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Refining regulatory regimes : utilities in Europe

Windhoff-Héritier, Adrienne (contributor); … - 2005

With regulation seeking to foster competition at the same time as also having to protect essential services, the authors investigate regulatory styles, costs of new regulatory functions and how firms in the new regulatory landscape access and influence regulatory authorities. The authors...

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The economics of pollution control

Segerson, Kathleen (contributor) - 2010

The Economics of Pollution Control is a seminal contribution that is strongly recommended as a core addition to … principles in the economics of pollution control and represent recent advances in the field over the last fifteen years. This … designing pollution control policies to reduce environmental threats. The editor successfully covers a wide range of …

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Trust in regulatory regimes

Six, Frédérique (contributor); Verhoest, Koen (contributor) - 2017

Italian quality wine markets / Betsy Carter -- 6. Being everybody's accomplice: trust and control in eco-labelling / Lovisa …

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The trust process in organizations : empirical studies of the determinants and the process of trust development

Nooteboom, B. (contributor); Six, Frédérique (contributor) - 2003

case study -- 9. Norm violations and informal control in organizations : a relational signalling perspective -- 10. The …

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Trust in market relationships

Castaldo, Sandro - 2007

Trust in Market Relationships illustrates that the importance of trust in a commercial arena has intensified as markets have become more complex. As business relationships become ever critical for a firm's economic results in highly competitive markets, and trust represents the basic platform...

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Contracts and trust in alliances : discovering, creating and appropriating value

Vlaar, Paul W. L. - 2008

control • dialectical tensions stemming from contract application • standardization of contracting practices. By exploring …ch. 1. Introduction on contracts and trust in alliances -- ch. 2. Mainstream literature : coordination and control …

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Trust and entrepreneurship : a West-East perspective

Welter, Friederike (contributor); … - 2005

In this innovative book, international scholars investigate trust and its role in relation to the entrepreneurial behaviour of small firms across a variety of institutional and cultural settings. The contributors draw on original empirical material from a number of West European and East...

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Handbook of trust research

Zaheer, Akbar (contributor); Bachmann, Reinhard (contributor) - 2006

'This Handbook helps scholars account for more nuances and complications of the phenomenon of trust. But it is also a firm, intelligent reminder not to mutilate the phenomenon while crafting those accounts.' - Karl E. Weick, Academy of Management Review 'Given the number of special issues and...

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