Ungoverned production: An American view of the novel universalism of Japanese production methods and their awkward fit with current forms of corporate governance

Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 310-

  Sabel, Charles F ^a  

^a The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

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EID: 84927030076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511665905.010     Document Type: Chapter

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