. This fascinating Research Agenda analyzes the key research topics within lean management. Exploring both contextual … histories of these topics and potential avenues for future research, it provides a complete picture of lean management practices … both past and present. Exploring how lean management methods should be viewed and implemented, this Research Agenda …

challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the 'lean and flexible …-Rover Group controversy -- Lean production : the dog that did not bark -- Back to the future : the reorganization of work at … Toyota -- Rivalrous asymmetries and the Japanese myth -- Rethinking lean thinking : substance and counterfeit -- The …

Recommended readings (Machine generated): George V. Thompson (1954), 'Intercompany, Technical Standardization in the …), 'Standardization, Compatibility and Innovation,' Rand Journal of Economics, 16 (1), Spring, 70-83 -- Paul A. David and Shane Greenstein … Standardization', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 8 (2), Spring, 117-31 -- Mark A. Lemley (2002), 'Intellectual Property Rights and …

economic impacts of standardization both in the manufacturing and the service sector. The author begins by providing a detailed … standardization process, the author focuses in particular on the role of the firm, which acts as the main impetus for the development … and implementation of new standards. He also examines the fundamental link between technical change and standardization …