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... electronic calculator by Sharp in 1963. Lee concludes : " That reduction is a hallmark of Japanese electronics should come with little surprise if we recall our discussion of the [ Japanese ] rock garden .... the essence of rock garden ...
... electronic calculator by Sharp in 1963. Lee concludes : " That reduction is a hallmark of Japanese electronics should come with little surprise if we recall our discussion of the [ Japanese ] rock garden .... the essence of rock garden ...
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... electronic symbols anywhere on the globe . Workers in South Korea , Taiwan , or Mexico can churn out turbo - charged automatic vacu- ums just as well as American workers can , and for far lower wages . Indeed , today [ an inventor ] is ...
... electronic symbols anywhere on the globe . Workers in South Korea , Taiwan , or Mexico can churn out turbo - charged automatic vacu- ums just as well as American workers can , and for far lower wages . Indeed , today [ an inventor ] is ...
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... ( electronic linkages , power to customers ) New Competitors FOREIGN • Developed ( e.g. Japan , Germany ) • Newly industrialized ( e.g. Korea ) • Rapidly industrializing ( e.g. Brazil ) DOMESTIC • Smaller firms resulting from the ...
... ( electronic linkages , power to customers ) New Competitors FOREIGN • Developed ( e.g. Japan , Germany ) • Newly industrialized ( e.g. Korea ) • Rapidly industrializing ( e.g. Brazil ) DOMESTIC • Smaller firms resulting from the ...
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... Electronic / telecommunication linkups to customers and suppliers must be developed posthaste . Just listening to customers and dealers needs to become the norm — and as yet it's not . All this adds up to a requirement , not for ...
... Electronic / telecommunication linkups to customers and suppliers must be developed posthaste . Just listening to customers and dealers needs to become the norm — and as yet it's not . All this adds up to a requirement , not for ...
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... electronic or other tight link- ages to the customer ; C - 5 , exploiting international market opportunities , regardless of firm size or market maturity ; and C - 6 , positioning the business unit or organization in a way that creates ...
... electronic or other tight link- ages to the customer ; C - 5 , exploiting international market opportunities , regardless of firm size or market maturity ; and C - 6 , positioning the business unit or organization in a way that creates ...
Contents
Achieving Flexibility by Empowering People | 339 |
Involve Everyone in Everything | 341 |
A New View of Leadership at All Levels | 467 |
Building Systems for a World Turned Upside Down | 579 |
Measure Whats Important | 581 |
Strategic Planning | 609 |
Set Conservative Goals | 619 |
Demand Total Integrity | 627 |
Second Thoughts | 635 |
Appendix | 655 |
Acknowledgments | 667 |
Notes | 671 |
Index | 685 |
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