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Page 6
Finally, 1986 brought the spectacle of Silicon Valley's once proud barons
spending more time in Washington than at the factory; their pleas for protection
against Japan's alleged "dumping" (selling below cost to gain market share)
culminated ...
Finally, 1986 brought the spectacle of Silicon Valley's once proud barons
spending more time in Washington than at the factory; their pleas for protection
against Japan's alleged "dumping" (selling below cost to gain market share)
culminated ...
Page 10
... financing in a dozen currencies in a matter of days — which facilitates such
developments in manufacturing as "global sourcing," wherein firms shop freely
among several nations, usually for the lowest-cost source of numerous
components.
... financing in a dozen currencies in a matter of days — which facilitates such
developments in manufacturing as "global sourcing," wherein firms shop freely
among several nations, usually for the lowest-cost source of numerous
components.
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Here's what you might well find: > a new Korean competitor > an old Japanese
competitor continuing to reduce costs and improve quality > a dozen domestic
start-ups, each headed by talented people claiming a technology breakthrough ...
Here's what you might well find: > a new Korean competitor > an old Japanese
competitor continuing to reduce costs and improve quality > a dozen domestic
start-ups, each headed by talented people claiming a technology breakthrough ...
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production and cost standards generally below those considered everyday
practice in other industries; with inadequate knowledge of its domestic markets
and no clear appreciation of its opportunity in foreign markets; with less efficient ...
production and cost standards generally below those considered everyday
practice in other industries; with inadequate knowledge of its domestic markets
and no clear appreciation of its opportunity in foreign markets; with less efficient ...
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For instance, most of Chrysler's $500-per-car cost advantage over GM accrues
from the fact that it purchases 70 percent of its components outside the firm; the
comparable GM proportion is 30 percent. Not surprisingly, de-integration is now a
...
For instance, most of Chrysler's $500-per-car cost advantage over GM accrues
from the fact that it purchases 70 percent of its components outside the firm; the
comparable GM proportion is 30 percent. Not surprisingly, de-integration is now a
...
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Contents
| 43 | |
| 57 | |
Achieving Flexibility by Empowering People | 339 |
Involve Everyone in Everything | 357 |
ListenCelebrateRecognize | 379 |
Provide Incentive Pay for Everyone | 399 |
SimplifyReduce Structure | 441 |
Eliminate Bureaucratic Rules and Humiliating | 453 |
Building Systems for a World Turned Upside Down | 579 |
Measure Whats Important | 583 |
Revamp the Chief Control Tools | 597 |
Decentralize Information Authority and Strategic Planning | 609 |
Set Conservative Goals | 619 |
Demand Total Integrity | 627 |
Second Thoughts | 635 |
Appendix | 655 |
A New View of Leadership at All Level | 467 |
Pay Attention More Listening | 535 |
Bureaucracy | 554 |
Change | 561 |
Acknowledgments | 667 |
Notes | 671 |
Index | 685 |
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| Title | Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution Volume 7184 of Perennial library |
| Author | Tom Peters |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0060971843, 9780060971847 |
| Length | 736 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / General |
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