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American and Japanese management practices in their Singapore subsidiaries

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Multinational corporations have made significant contributions to the economic growth of Singapore; American and Japanese companies are among those in the forefront. This study is aimed at finding the extent to which US and Japanese companies have transferred and implemented the management practices in their subsidiaries operating in Singapore. Extensive and intensive interviews of a small sample of companies in the electronic/electrical industry reveal that the Japanese are not practising what they do in Japan while the Americans have demonstrated that the transferability of their management practices is feasible and they are workable in Singapore.

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  1. Joseph M. Putti
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  2. Thomas Chong F.H.
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Joseph M. Putti is an Associate Professor at the School of Management, National University of Singapore. Thomas Chong F.H. is a Production Manager in Union Carbide, Singapore.

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Putti, J.M., F.H., T.C. American and Japanese management practices in their Singapore subsidiaries. Asia Pacific J Manage 2, 106–114 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01734692

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