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The Rise of the Japanese Specialist Manufacturer

Leading Medium-Sized Enterprises

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Dawning of a Concept

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 10-21

  4. The Universal LME

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 22-41

  5. The Stylized LME

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 42-55

  6. Early Industrialization and the Adumbrated LME

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 56-69

  7. Organization and Technology: 1912–1930

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 70-88

  8. War and the Molding of an Industrial Structure: 1930–1945

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 89-103

  9. Growth and the ‘Dual Economy’

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 104-123

  10. Contrasting Profiles of the Modern Japanese Specialist

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 124-142

  11. Monozukuri — Making Things

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 143-160

  12. Globalization and the Specialist

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 161-177

  13. A Population of Globalizing Japanese LMEs

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 178-199

  14. 2007 Update: Funds and China

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 200-219

  15. Conclusion

    • Ferguson Evans
    Pages 220-229

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 230-241
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About this book

Specialist manufacturers have existed in Japan from even before the start of industrialization in the late nineteenth century. Proliferating since but remaining steadfastly lean, many of them can be categorized as leading medium-sized enterprises. This book looks at how they are globalizing and assuming a role as East Asian specialists.

About the author

FERGUSON EVANS (PhD) lived in Japan from 1969 to 1990. During that time he worked as export manager for two Japanese
start-ups covering chiefly East Asian markets. Since the mid-1980s he has been engaged in Japanese translation and writing.
He now divides his time between East Asia and Toulouse.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Rise of the Japanese Specialist Manufacturer

  • Book Subtitle: Leading Medium-Sized Enterprises

  • Authors: Ferguson Evans

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594951

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-21842-0Published: 30 September 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30441-7Published: 30 September 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59495-1Published: 30 September 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 241

  • Topics: International Business, International Economics

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