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Global and local : retail transformation and the department store in Britain and Japan, 1900-1940

Fujioka, Rika; Stobart, Jon - In: Business history review 92 (2018) 2, pp. 251-280

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Shukko (Employee Transfers) and Tacit Knowledge Exchange in Japanese Supply Networks: The Electronics Industry Case

Lincoln, James R.; Ahmadjian, Christina - Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), … - 2000

involve less formal knowledge sharing. Our interviews with a number of major Japanese electronics firms reveal that suppliers … suppliers are bound to one another in equity and other "keiretsu" relationships. Shukko is an effective mechanism of cross … Matsushita, have a corporate culture that appears to coordinate and motivate suppliers even in the absence of shukko and other …

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Ownership matters : French governments and automotive industrialists facing the Japanese challenge : 1974-1986

Milor, Alice - In: Business history review 96 (2022) 4, pp. 833-855

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Lean Production and Manufacturing Performance Improvement in Japan, the UK and US 1994-2001

Oliver, Nick; Delbridge, Rick; Barton, Harry - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2002

(and their suppliers) retaining a stronger 'Japanese' character than their counterparts who have entered into equity …

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Internationalization and Localization of the Kyoryoku Kai: The Spread of Best Practice Supplier Development

Hines, Peter - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 5 (1994) 1, pp. 67-72

The article reviews how lean production can be taken into supplier bases in both Japan and the West. The exemplar supplier network as demonstrated by Toyota and Hitachi in Japan are seen to be the result of a lengthy process whereby all members of the supplier network, both direct and indirect...

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Japanese retail–buyer–supplier relationships: does performance matter?

Chung, Jae‐Eun; Sternquist, Brenda; Chen, Zhengyi - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 20 (2008) 1, pp. 55-75

significant influences of suppliers' role performance and dependence on channel relationships. Design/methodology/approach – Data … were collected from Japanese department store buyers and specialty store buyers. A total of 141 cases were analyzed using …

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Succeeding where others fail to try

Taniguchi, Mami - In: Career Development International 11 (2006) 3, pp. 216-229

Purpose – This paper aims to explain how female promotion can help to improve organizational performance in the Japanese environment. Design/methodology/approach – It is based on a case study of Aeon, a major Japanese retailer, which dramatically increased its percentage of female store...

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