Engineered in Japan : Japanese technology-management practices
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Engineered in Japan : Japanese technology-management practices
Oxford University Press, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The editors provide a range of empirical studies on how Japanese and US firms manage critical aspects of technology development and deployment. Almost all of the research has not been previously published.
Table of Contents
Contributors
1: Jeffrey K. Liker, John E. Ettlie, and John Creighton Campbell: Engineering in Japan: Introduction and Overview
I. Applied R&D
2: David T. Methe: Basic Research in Japanese Electronic Companies: An Attempt at Establishing New Organizational Routines
3: Thomas Roehl, Will Mitchell, and Ronald J. Slattery: The Growth of R&D Investment and Organizational Changes by Japanese Pharmaceutical Firms, 1975-1993
4: Howard E. Aldrich and Toshihiro Sasaki: Governance Structure and Technology Transfer Management in R&D Consortia in the United States and Japan
5: Richard N. Osborn and C. Christopher Baughn: Governing United States - Japan High-Technoloy Alliances
II. Product-Process Development Practices
6: Daniel E. Whitney: Nippondenso Co. Ltd.: A Case Study of Strategic Product Design
7: Jeffrey K. Liker, Rajan R. Kamath, S. Nazli Wasti, and Mitsuo Nagamachi: Integrating Suppliers into Fast-Cycle Product Development
8: Allen Ward, Durward K. Sobek II, John J. Cristiano, and Jeffrey K. Liker: Toyota, Concurrent Engineering, and Set-Based Design
9: W. Mark Fruin: Competing in the Old-Fashioned Way: Localizing and Integrating Knowledge Resources in Fast-to-Market Competition
III. Manufacturing Methods and Management
10: Patrick C. Hammett, Walton M. Hancock, and Jay S. Baron: Producing a World-Class Automotive Body
11: Izak Duenyas, John W. Fowler, and Lee Schruben: Japan's Development of Scheduling Methods for Manufacturing Semiconductors
12: John E. Ettlie and Peter Swan: U.S.-Japanese Manufacturing Joint Ventures and Equity Relationships
IV. Technology Deployment and Organizational Learning
13: John Creighton Campbell: Culture, Innovative Borrowing, and Technology Management
14: Mary Yoko Brannen: Does Culture Matter? Negotiating a Complementary Culture to Support Technological Innovation
15: Thomas Y. Choi and S. Nazli Wasti: Institutional Pressures and Organizational Learning: The Case of American-Owned Automotive-Parts Suppliers and Japanese Shop-Floor Production Methods
16: Robert E. Cole: Reflections on Organizational Learning in U.S. and Japanese Industry
17: Jeffrey K. Liker, John E. Ettlie, and Allen C. Ward: Managing Technology Systemically: Common Themes
Index
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