We recently undertook the largest in-depth evaluation ever of automobile assemblyplants around the world. In the Second Round of the International Assembly Plant Study, wesurveyed 88 automobile assembly plants representing 20 companies and as many nations (see figure 1 for a distribution of...

This paper provides a theoretical framework for understanding why high-involvement work practices are adopted more rapidly by some organizations than others. Drawing on evolutionary economics and innovation literature, we identify three key drivers: 1) the level of complementary human resource...