Japanese Hybrid Factories: A Comparison of Global Production Strategies

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Comparison of Japanese Hybrid Factories in the World: Generalities and Peculiarities of Patterns in the International Transfer of the Japanese Management and Production Systems....Pages 1-35
Hybrid Factories in North America: Changes of the Japanese Management and Production System in the United States Between 1986 and 1989 and 2000 and 2001....Pages 36-64
The Japanese Production System in a Changing Environment: Changes in Japanese and American Hybrid Factories in Northern Mexico....Pages 65-97
Hybrid Factories in East Asia in 1992–93 and After....Pages 98-123
Hybrid Factories in China: Japanese Production Systems in ‘the world’s factory’....Pages 124-143
Hybrid Factories with Functional Equivalent in Europe....Pages 144-172
Japanese Hybrid Factories in Transitional Economies in Central and Eastern Europe: with a Focus on Czech, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia....Pages 173-195
Discussions....Pages 196-234
Concluding Remarks: Japanese Hybrid Factories in Global Perspective — Diverging or Converging?....Pages 235-245
Back Matter....Pages 246-280