Introduction: Analytical Perspectives on Japanese Factories in Europe

Hiroshi Kumon

Chapter 1 in The Hybrid Factory in Europe, 2004, pp 1-31 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The present volume evaluates the international transfer of the Japanese-management and production system by analysing two surveys of plants owned by Japanese manufacturing companies with footholds in Europe.1 We shall also investigate ‘hybrid factories’, which combine elements of the Japanese system with elements of European systems, and look at the intriguing competitive — cooperative relationship between the Japanese and European management and production models. We shall observe that Japanese companies have often adopted a cautious strategy when extending their manufacturing operations into Europe. Finally, we shall discover elements of the European system that, while not identical to those found in Japan, are compatible with the Japanese system.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Work Council; Maintenance Personnel; Wage System; Japanese System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523654_1

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