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Working Papers

2016

1. What Goes on Under the Hood? How Engineers Innovate in the Automotive Supply Chain
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Chapter What Goes On under the Hood? How Engineers Innovate in the Automotive Supply Chain, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2014

2. Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (46)
   See also Journal Article Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (48) (2014)

2010

3. Analyzing Compensation Methods in Manufacturing: Piece Rates, Time Rates, or Gain-Sharing?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

2009

4. The Effect of Industrialization on Children’s Education – The Experience of Mexico
   Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Effect of Industrialization on Children’s Education. The Experience of Mexico, Review of Economics and Institutions, Università di Perugia (2011) View citations (8) (2011)

2007

5. International Differences in Lean Production, Productivity and Employee Attitudes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   See also Chapter International Differences in Lean Production, Productivity, and Employee Attitudes, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (1) (2009)

2000

6. Employee Involvement and Pay at U.S. and Canadian Auto Suppliers
   Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, California Berkeley - Institute of Industrial Relations (1999)
   See also Journal Article Employee Involvement And Pay At Us And Canadian Auto Suppliers, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell (2002) View citations (16) (2002)

1997

7. Complementarity and Cost Reduction: Evidence from the Auto Supply Industry
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

1995

8. Supplier Relations and Adoption of New Technology: Results of Survey Research in the U.S. Auto Industry
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)

Journal Articles

2014

1. Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28, (1), 49-72 View citations (48)
   See also Working Paper Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (46) (2014)

2011

2. Challenge and opportunity in the U.S. auto industry: the key role of suppliers
   ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE, 2011, 2011/2, (2), 51-68 View citations (2)
3. The Effect of Industrialization on Children’s Education. The Experience of Mexico
   Review of Economics and Institutions, 2011, 2, (2) View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Industrialization on Children’s Education – The Experience of Mexico, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (1) (2009)

2010

4. Management innovation in supply chain: appreciating Chandler in the twenty-first century
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2010, 19, (2), 399-429 View citations (17)
5. Transaction costs, opportunism, and governance: Contextual considerations and future research opportunities
   Marketing Letters, 2010, 21, (3), 211-222 View citations (12)

2007

6. Empirical Research in an Increasingly Concentrated Industrial Environment: Discussion
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 89, (5), 1288-1289

2004

7. Developing Supplier Capabilities: Market and Non-market Approaches
   Industry and Innovation, 2004, 11, (1-2), 89-107 View citations (2)

2002

8. Employee Involvement And Pay At Us And Canadian Auto Suppliers
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2002, 11, (2), 329-377 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Employee Involvement and Pay at U.S. and Canadian Auto Suppliers, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series (2000) View citations (1) (2000)
9. Symposium on Organizational Change
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2002, 11, (2), 253-256

2000

10. Correspondence
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2000, 14, (2), 233-239
11. Economists and Field Research: "You Can Observe a Lot Just by Watching."
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 228-232 View citations (28)
12. NETWORK INTERACTIONS AND MUTUAL DEPENDENCE: A TEST IN THE CAR INDUSTRY
    Industry and Innovation, 2000, 7, (1), 117-144 View citations (6)
13. Pragmatic Collaborations: Advancing Knowledge While Controlling Opportunism
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2000, 9, (3), 443-87 View citations (85)

1999

14. Firm Size And Capabilities, Regional Agglomeration, And The Adoption Of New Technology
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1999, 8, (1-2), 79-103 View citations (45)

1998

15. Determinants of trust in supplier relations: Evidence from the automotive industry in Japan and the United States
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 34, (3), 387-417 View citations (134)

1996

16. Hybrid Factory: Japanese Production Systems in the United States. Edited byTetsuo Abo · New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. xxii + 318 pp. Forward, notes, bibliography, and index. $39.95. ISBN 0-19-507974-4
    Business History Review, 1996, 70, (3), 420-421

1995

17. A QUALITY POLICY FOR AMERICA
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1995, 13, (2), 26-37 View citations (6)

1992

18. Long-Term Supplier Relations and Product-Market Structure
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1992, 8, (3), 561-81 View citations (44)

1991

19. Strategy and Irreversibility in Supplier Relations: The Case of the U.S. Automobile Industry
    Business History Review, 1991, 65, (4), 781-824 View citations (83)

1989

20. Maquiladoras: Mexico’s Tiger by the Tail?
    Challenge, 1989, 32, (3), 24-30

Chapters

2018

1. Promoting Win–Win Development of Global Value Chains
   Chapter 18 in Megaregionalism 2.0 Trade and Innovation within Global Networks, 2018, pp 389-421
2. What Goes On under the Hood? How Engineers Innovate in the Automotive Supply Chain
   A chapter in US Engineering in a Global Economy, 2018, pp 193-214 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper What Goes on Under the Hood? How Engineers Innovate in the Automotive Supply Chain, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2009

3. International Differences in Lean Production, Productivity, and Employee Attitudes
   A chapter in International Differences in the Business Practices and Productivity of Firms, 2009, pp 231-261 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper International Differences in Lean Production, Productivity and Employee Attitudes, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (5) (2007)