Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...

Japanese sourcing strategies have long been viewed as the benchmark for the automotive industry. However, despite attempts to translate Japanese ideas into globally applicable principles, a large body of literature casts doubt on the transferability of industrial practices beyond their country...

Kaizen – or continuous improvement – has long been recognized as a key factor in the success of Japanese companies. Consequently, many Western companies have striven to imitate and implement the concept with varying degrees of success. Despite a vast body of research there has been little...

When businesses become really massive global enterprises, alarm bells start to ring even among people who are firm believers in the market economy. In the UK, there has been much recent talk about the nation’s most successful supermarket chain, Tesco, whose daily profits many companies would...

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – Scans the top 400 management publications in the world to identify the most topical issues and latest...

Purpose – To describe how Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT) is using local Thai employees instead of the traditional Japanese workforce, and why. Design/methodology/approach – In‐depth interviews with Thai and Japanese employees, suppliers and dealers of TMT; and Imai Hiroshi, architect of the...

Purpose – The paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and...

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own...