as a strategy; lean and learning, lean and sustainability, lean leadership and behaviors, and lean and digitalization …. This fascinating Research Agenda analyzes the key research topics within lean management. Exploring both contextual … histories of these topics and potential avenues for future research, it provides a complete picture of lean management practices …

towards sustainability, this Handbook proposes more appropriate measures of innovation as a driver of change. It examines … comprehensive picture of its impacts. Chapters by leading authors from the sectors of eco-innovation, sustainability transformations … and green and circular economies provide a meticulously balanced observation of innovation at local, regional, national …

, corporate social responsibility, management and sustainability, and environmental management. It will also appeal to those …

improving the environmental sustainability and quality of a public resource by showing how to develop quantitative information …

challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the 'lean and flexible …-Rover Group controversy -- Lean production : the dog that did not bark -- Back to the future : the reorganization of work at … Toyota -- Rivalrous asymmetries and the Japanese myth -- Rethinking lean thinking : substance and counterfeit -- The …

, emerging economies and innovation from a variety of different perspectives. Innovation is regarded as a core driving force in … the global economy but the authors show how it can impede as well as encourage sustainability. The book brings together …