Where did it go wrong? Hybridization and crisis of Toyota motor manufacturing UK, 1989-2001

International Sociology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Pardi, Tommaso ^a,b  

^a Cultures et Societes Urbaines   (France)

^b Cultures et Societes Urbaines   (France)

Author keywords

Auto industry; GERPISA; Industrial relations; Japanese transplants; Partnership agreements; Productive models; Sociology of work; Toyota production system

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844307121     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580905049913     Document Type: Review

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