‘Harmony’ as Efficiency: Is ‘Just-in-Time’ a Product of Japanese Uniqueness?

Time & Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-140

  Ikuko, Nishimoto ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cultural factor; Japan; Just In Time; western system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033243323     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X99008001006     Document Type: Article

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