Between Imitation and Innovation The Transfer and Hybridization of Productive Models in the International Automobile Industry

, by Boyer, Robert; Charron, Elsie; Jürgens, Ulrich; Tolliday, Steven

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ISBN: 9780198293682 | 0198293682
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 2/18/1999

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Recent years have seen intense debates among management and academics on the rise of "lean production" and "Japanization." This book examines in detail the actual practice of transfer and adaptation of productive models into the auto industry. Case studies cover the Japanese transplant experience in North America, and the global experience of hybrid production systems in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

List of Contributors

(2)

List of Figures

xvii

(1)

List of Tables

xviii

1. Introduction: Between Imitation and Innovation: The Transfer and Hybridization of Productive Models in the International Automobile Industry

(20)

Steven Tolliday

Robert Boyer

Elsie Charron

Ulrich Jurgens

Part I Theory and History

(76)

2. Hybridization and Models of Production: Geography, History, and Theory

(34)

Robert Boyer

3. The Diffusion and Transformation of Fordism: Britain and Japan Compared

(40)

Steven Tolliday

Part II Between Transfer and Hybridization

(134)

4. Making Toyota in America: Evidence from the Kentucky Transplant, 1986-1994

(29)

Kazuhiro Mishina

5. Stability and Change at NUMMI

128

(33)

Paul S. Adler

Barbara Goldoftas

David I. Levine

6. Mazda and Ford at Flat Rock: Transfer and Hybridization of the Japanese Model

161

(28)

Steve Babson

7. The Japanese Transplants in North America: Production Organization, Location, and Research and Development

189

(27)

Richard Florida

Davis Jenkins

Donald F. Smith

8. Hybridization of the Japanese Production System in North America, Newly Industrializing Economies, South-East Asia, and Europe: Contrasted Configurations

216

(15)

Tetsuo Abo

Part III Between Adaptation and Innovation

231

(150)

9. The NedCar Experience: The Confrontation of Dutch, Swedish, and Japanese Ideas about Car Manufacturing

233

(21)

Ben Dankbaar

10. FASA Renault: Innovation in Productive Flexibility and Job Security

254

(24)

Elsie Charron

11. The Transfer and Hybridization of New Models of Production in the Brazilian Automobile Industry

278

(17)

Afonso Fleury

Mario Sergio Salerno

12. Ford's Hermosillo Plant: The Trajectory of Development of a Hybrid Model

295

(24)

Jorge Carrillo

Yolanda Montiel

13. Implanting Change: The Role of `Indigenous Transplants' in Transforming the German Productive Model

319

(23)

Ulrich Jurgens

14. Volkswagen's Shanghai Plant: Between Chinese Tradition and Modernization Strategy

342

(19)

Thomas Kiefer

15. Saturn: A Different Kind of Company?

361

(13)

Frits K. Pil

Saul Rubinstein

16. Conclusion: Transplants, Hybridization, and Globalization: What Lessons for the Future?

374

(7)

Robert Boyer

Elsie Charron

Ulrich Jurgens

Steven Tolliday

Index

381

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Between Imitation and Innovation The Transfer and Hybridization of Productive Models in the International Automobile Industry

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