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

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