Decision-making structures in US and Japanese manufacturing affiliates in the UK : some similarities and contrasts

ILO pub. Working paper, comparison of decision making process in foreign enterprise subsidiarys of American and Japanese multinational enterprise located in the UK - contrasts the role of USA management attitudes in the 1950s with role of Japanese industrial management in the 1980s; covers cultural factors, labour relations, production control, procurement policies, subcontracting, marketing methods, and the locus of authority; suggests that perhaps the time dimension explains many of the differences observed. Bibliography, statistical tables.