Description: Preface. Part 1: Introduction. 1. Introduction: International Manufacturing Strategy: Context, Culture, and Change. Part II: Country Studies. 2. Manufacturing Strategy Put in Socio-Economic Context. 3. Manufacturing Strategy in Argentina: The Challenge of Change; M. Paladino, et al. 4. Manufacturing Modernisation in Brazil: Scope and Direction in the Metal Products, Machinery and Equipment Industry; P.F. Fleury, R. Arkader. 5. Denmark: Horse Sense Manufacturing; F. Gersten, J.O. Riis. 6. Finland: Changing from Technology-Based Towards Process-Based Manufacturing Strategy; M. Simons, et al. 7. Manufacturing Strategy in The Netherlands: Context and Perspective; H. Boer, D. Draaijer. 8. Italian Assembly Industry: Challenges and Responses to Globalisation and Innovation; E. Bartezzaghi, G. Spina. 9. Japanese Manufacturing Strategy: To Compete with the Tigers; H. Yamashina. 10. The Japanese Model - What is it and to What Extent Has it Diffused to the West? C.A. Voss. 11. Manufacturing Strategy of Norwegian ISIC 38 Industry: A Systematic Perspective; Hongyi Sun, et al. 12. The New Strategy for the Portuguese Industry; J.B. Gouveia. 13. Managing Manufacturing in an Economy in Transition: Spain's Challenges and Responses; G.A. Vargas. 14. Lead Time Reduction - Manufacturing Strategy in Sweden; P. Lindberg. 15. Manufacturing in the UK: Seeking Sustainable Industrial Renaissance; C.A. Voss. Part III: Patterns of Change. 16. Regional Trading Blocs and Manufacturing Strategies in the European Union, MERCOSUR, and NAFTA; C.A. Voss. 17. NAFTA: An Empirical Operations Perspective; F. Johnson, et al. 18. Trajectories of Change. 19. Environment and Manufacturing Strategy: Comparing Modernisation Paths and Performance in Brazil and Argentina; P.F. Fleury, etal. 20. A Study of Technological-Organisational Development and Market Dynamics in Denmark and Norway; J. Frick, et al. Part IV: New Ideas in Manufacturing Strategy. 21. New Ideas in Manufacturing Strategy. 22. The Network Cell as a Step to the Network Factory; R. Hytylinen, M. Simons. 23. Quality, Technology, and Global Manufacturing; J.E. Ettlie. 24. US Manufacturing in the 1990s: The Chase and the Challenge; J. Ettlie, P.T. Ward. 25. Manufacturing Strategies, Practices and Performance in Korea; B-H Rho, et al. 26. The Multi-Focused Manufacturing Paradigm: Adoption and Performance Improvements within the Assembly Industry; G. Spina, et al. Appendix &e Tables. Index.

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