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The International
Motor Vehicle Program presents research findings through conferences, regional
meetings, and publications. IMVP researchers have authored more than 200 working
papers, articles, books, and other publications.
Books
Based on IMVP Research
The
Second Century: Reconnecting Customer and Value Chain through Build-to-Order,
Matthias Holweg and Frits Pil, MIT Press, 2004.
Clockspeed:
Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage, Charles
H. Fine, Perseus Books Publishing, 1998.
Thinking
Beyond Lean, Michael A. Cusumano and Kentaro Nobeoka, Simon &
Schuster, 1998.
The Ever-Changing
Competition Between the Japanese and US Auto Industry, by Koichi Shimokawa,
[in Japanese] Jiji Tsushin Sha, Tokyo,1997.
After
Lean Production: Evolving Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry,
Thomas A. Kochan, Russel D. Lansbury, and John Paul MacDuffie, Eds., Cornell
University Press, 1997.
Transforming
Automobile Assembly, Takahiro Fujimoto, Ulich Juergens, and Koichi
Shimokawa, Eds., Springer-Verlag, 1997.
The Chinese
Automobile Industry: Manufacturing System and Technological Strategy,
Chunli Lee [in Japanese], Shinzana Press, Tokyo, 1997.
Managing
Product Development, Toshihiro Nishiguchi, Oxford University Press,
1996.
Restoring
Prosperity: How Workers and Managers Are Forging a New Culture of Cooperation,
Wellford W. Wilms, Random House, 1996.
Globalization
of the Automobile Industry: The United States, Japan, and the People's Republic
of China, Xiaohua Yang [in English], Praeger, 1995.
The Machine
That Changed The World: The Story of Lean Production, James P. Womack,
Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos, Harper Perennial, 1990.
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