Strategic Cost Reduction Through Mutual Relationships Between Companies, Industry Groups and Government

Kozo Suzuki
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Kozo Suzuki: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Research Office, In-Service Training Institute, Aomi 2-38, Koto Tokyo, 133-8070, Japan

Chapter 2 in Japanese Cost Management, 2000, pp 27-47 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:The Structure of Strategic Cost Reduction in Japan TodayCost reduction strategies by industry groups and company groupsCost reduction led by the industry groupsCost reduction in company groupsCost reduction in industry as a whole by government participationFunctions of Industrial Structure CouncilCase Study of the Automobile IndustryCost Reduction in the Iron and Steel IndustryPlans for rationalizationThe limits of co-operation and the MITI's change of functionMerger of the Yahata Iron Manufacture and the Fuji Iron ManufactureMutual Relationships between Government and the Industry GroupThe chronological continuation of behaviour patterns of the companies, the industry groups and governmentRelationships between companies during industrial rationalizationTechniques in cost reduction of the industrial groupConclusionReferences

Keywords: Strategic Cost Management; New Product Development; Manufacturing Activities; Marketing Strategy; Human Factors; Budgetary Control System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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