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Managing Innovation Study: A Study of British and Japanese Factories: 14 (Cambridge Studies in Management, Series Number 14) - Softcover

Whittaker, D. H.

 
9780521067263: Managing Innovation Study: A Study of British and Japanese Factories: 14 (Cambridge Studies in Management, Series Number 14)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 052106726X ISBN 13: 9780521067263
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book will be of major interest to specialists in technical innovation and industrial relations.

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Review

"...Whittaker's work offers an excellent example of careful fieldwork, a high order of empirical and descriptive skill, a provocative model, and a challenging and useful conclusion." Journal of Japanese Studies

"...a modest (in length and scope) but careful study of how employment relations in nine British and nine Japanese factories affect the adoption of an innovative process technology--computerized numerical control (CNC) machine tools....should be useful for anyone interested in Japanese and British industrial relations, craft versus more structured approaches to engineering and production management, and the introduction of new process technologies onto the shopfloor." Michael A. Cusumano, ASQ

Book Description

Innovation is a key to corporate success, particularly in times of rapid technological change. This book sheds new light on the introduction of technology in the manufacturing sector. The author considers the use of innovative technology in both Britain and Japan by examining nine firms in each country.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
052106726X
ISBN 13 
9780521067263
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224