Brazil and Japan; and propose a business model aimed at helping companies to achieve world‐class level of excellence. Design …

/methodology/approach – Reviews and discusses the literature and history pertaining to quality initiatives in US business, with particular reference … initiatives” in the USA came after W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and others returned from Japan in the late 1950s. These men … following the Second World War. Their techniques and methodologies had raised the industrial output of Japan to heights not …

children as primary caregivers are involved in contemporary consumer culture in Japan, by using the concepts of “caring … insight into how mothers of young children in Japan experience consumer culture in a specific sociocultural environment and …

. Design/methodology/approach Data were gathered from ethnographic fieldwork in a local preschool in Japan. Two classes of five …

Japan. All the contributors are experts in their field and have widely published in insurance history, providing the reader … with new insights into the insurance and economic history of these countries. In particular, this is the first book to … economic and business historians, as well as insurance practitioners with an interest in the history of their industry. …