The Rise of the Japanese Specialist Manufacturer: Leading Medium-Sized Enterprises

Author:   Ferguson Evans
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780230218420


Pages:   241
Publication Date:   30 September 2008
Format:   Hardback
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The Rise of the Japanese Specialist Manufacturer: Leading Medium-Sized Enterprises


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Specialist manufacturers have existed in Japan from even before the start of industrialization in the late nineteenth century. Proliferating since but remaining steadfastly lean, many of them can be categorized as leading medium-sized enterprises. This book looks at how they are globalizing and assuming a role as East Asian specialists.

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Author:   Ferguson Evans
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780230218420


ISBN 10:   0230218423
Pages:   241
Publication Date:   30 September 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction The Dawning of a Concept The Universal LME The Stylized LME Early Industrialization and the Adumbrated LME Organization and Techology: 1912 – 1930 War and the Molding of an Industrial Structure: 1930 – 1945 Growth and the 'Dual Economy' Contrasting Profiles of the Modern Japanese Specialist Monozukuri – Making Things Globalization and the Specialist   A Population of Globalizing Japanese LMEs 2007 Update: Funds and China  Conclusion

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FERGUSON EVANS lived in Japan from 1969 to 1990. During that time he worked as export manager for two Japanese start-ups covering chiefly East Asian markets. Since the mid-1980s he has been engaged in Japanese translation and writing. He now divides his time between East Asia and Toulouse.

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