INTRODUCTION: The world automobile industry is witnessing an unprecedented scale ofchange in the 1990?s. The end of Cold War structure, the rapid spread of theinformation revolution and the international economic globalization. Thewave of globalization has directly affected the international...

Japanese foreign direct investment has played a leading role in Asian economies for more than two decades. This book, describing the changing industrial dynamics after the Asian currency crisis in 1997, focuses on corporate strategies of Japanese automobile and electronics companies in Asian...

The presence of the ikeiretsu/i or business system is frequently cited in explaining the high efficiency and environmental adaptability of Japanese firms. It is sometimes regarded as an extension of the so-called collectivistic management or as an organization, standing between firms and...

Before taking up the task of discussing international comparisons of keiretsu transactions, one fact must be made clear. This is that this form of transactions exists in the United States as well. It, in fact, existed particularly in such durable consumer goods industries as automobiles and is...

This paper reports a speech by Michikazu Tanaka, former Senior Managing Director in charge of Production at Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., about Taiichi Ohno, the creator of so called Toyota Production System (T. P. S.). Tanaka explains how Ohno, Executive Vice President of Toyota then, led the...