Manufacturing management practices of Japanese subsidiaries in Singapore

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3-16

  Cunningham, J B ^a   Debrah, Y A ^b   Petzall, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES; JAPANESE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030377768     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635579610128960     Document Type: Article

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