Browsing International Motor Vehicle Program by Title
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Rolling Out a "World Car": Globalization, Outsourcing and Modularity
(2002-06-11)This article presents a case study of the ?roll-out? of a "world car" (the Fiat Palio). Based on original fieldwork carried on by the author in 6 countries (Italy, Brazil, Poland, Turkey, Argentina, India), it describes ... -
Saturn, The GM/UAW Partnership
(2002-06-06)Designed and implemented as a partnership between GM and the UAW, Saturn breaks new ground in firm governance,management and industrial relations. Through detailed study of Saturn?s partnership arrangements we have found ... -
Saturn, The GM/UAW Partnership: The Impact of Co-Management and Joint Governance on Firm and Local Union Performance
(2002-07-11)Designed and implemented as a partnership between GM and the UAW, Saturn breaks new ground in firm governance, management and industrial relations. Through detailed study of Saturn's partnership arrangements we have ... -
Self-Organization and Clustered Control in the Toyota Group: Lessons from the Aisin Fire
(2002-07-18)Japanese supplier management practices have in past years attracted much attention in the US and Europe. Several aspects of these practices still remain relatively neglected, however, such as collaborative relationships ... -
Special Vehicle Operations: An Activity-Based Plan for Improving the Automotive Vehicle Development Process
(2002-07-18)This brief paper considers the New Product Development (NPD) strategies and practices recently employed by the Ford Motor Company as a base for a substantial, near-term improvement in automotive vehicle development ... -
Strategic Supplier Segmentation: A model for managing suppliers in the 21st Century
(1996-12-01)This study of 453 supplier-automaker relationships in the U. S., Japan, and Korea examines the extent to which automakers manage their "arms-length" and "partner" suppliers differently. The findings indicate that U.S. ... -
Strategic Supplier Segmentation: The Next "Best Practice" In Supply Chain Management
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Supplier Relations and Adoption of New Technology: Results of Survey Research in the Auto Industry
(2002-07-11)Using an original data source, this paper investigates the circumstances under which fmns adopt computer numerical control (cNC), an important type of flexible automation which can significantly increase production product ... -
Synergy between Direct and Representative Forms of Employee Voice: Evidence from the European Car Components Industry
(2002-07-18)This paper analyses the implications of combining direct and representative forms of worker participation for business performance. Direct participation refers to such things as quality control circles, continuous ... -
Target Cost Management Strategy
(1996)Target cost management (TCM) is an innovation of Japanese management accounting system and by common sense has been considered with great interest by practitioners. Nowadays, TCM related dissertations, papers, articles ... -
Technology Suuply Chains: An Introductory Essay
(2002-09-11)This essay addresses strategic technology sourcing -- the determination of what technologies are strategic to a firm (or nation) and the management of the policy options that follow from this determination. This work is ... -
Toward a Stakeholder Theory of the Firm: The Case of the Saturn Partnership
(2002-06-06)This paper seeks to engage the organization theory community in contemporary debates over the role of the cxxporation in American society by building a stakeholder theory of the t%n. We develop a set of normative premises ... -
Toward a Stakeholder Theory of the Firm: The Case of the Saturn Partnership
(2002-07-11)This paper seeks to engage the organization theory community in contemporary debates over the role of the corporation in American society by building a stakeholder theory of the firm. We develop a set of normative premises ... -
Transfering Target Excellence Overseas: Toward a Conceptual Framework of Global Target Cost Management
(2002-07-18)Target cost management(TCM) has become a significant issue in off-shore bases of Japanese corporation in line with globalization of product development functions in recent years. This article, instead of discussing " ... -
Upstream Volatility in the Supply Chain: The Machine Tool Industry as a Case Study
(2002-09-11)Cyclicality is a well known and accepted fact of life in market-driven economies. Less well known or understood, however, is the phenomenon of amplification as one looks "upstream" in the industrial supply chain. This paper ... -
What Does Transformation Mean to Workers? The Effects of the "New Industrial Relations" on Union Employees' Attitudes
(2002-09-04)The Chrysler-UAW Modern Operating Agreement (MOA) is a prototype for the "new industrial relations," establishing (through collective bargaining) reduced job classifications, shopfloor work teams, a pay-for-skills compensation ... -
Will the European Industry ever build a 3 Day car?
(2002-06-26)