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The Passage from Fordism to Toyotism in European Sub-Contracting: Towards a New Model of Relationship?

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This contribution will present the relationships between car manufacturers and sub-contractors. The question that arises in this essay is whether there exists a typical European model for these relationships. Furthermore one can also ask and wonder if these client-supplier relationships benefit to both parties.

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Ingham, M., Houben, H. (1999). The Passage from Fordism to Toyotism in European Sub-Contracting: Towards a New Model of Relationship?. In: Urban, S. (eds) Relations of Complex Organizational Systems. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96437-3_5

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