Beyond mass production--flexible production systems and manufacturing performance in thw world auto industry

Beyond mass production--flexible production systems and manufacturing performance in thw world auto industry

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Macduffie, John Paul
Other Authors:	Thomas A. Kochan.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng
Published:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
Subjects:	Sloan School of Management
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/13702

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