Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Overview -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Defining Kaizen -- 2.1 Five Key Attributes of Kaizen -- 2.2 The Definition of Kaizen Used in This Volume -- 3 Kaizen and Three Issues in Development -- 3.1 Industrial Policy, Capabilities, and the Learning Firm -- 3.2 Kaizen and the Learning Society -- 3.3 Kaizen and Equitable Growth -- 4 Introducing and Implementing Kaizen -- 4.1 A Government-Led Process in Ethiopia -- 4.2 Diverse Dissemination Profiles in Southeast Asia -- 4.3 Developing the Employability of Youth Through Kaizen -- 4.4 Summing Up -- 5 The Effectiveness of Kaizen in Large Companies -- 5.1 Moving Up the Value Chain: Mexico and South Africa -- 5.2 Shortening the "Left-Hand Tail" in Brazil -- 5.3 Summing Up -- 6 Effectiveness of Kaizen for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises -- 6.1 Rural MSMEs in Vietnam -- 6.2 Raising Manufacturing Productivity in Ghana -- 6.3 A Kaizen-Like Intervention in the Philippines -- 6.4 Summing Up -- 7 Conclusions and Policy Implications -- References -- Chapter 2: Industrial Policy, Firm Capabilities, and Kaizen -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Case for Industrial Policy -- 3 Firm Capabilities -- 3.1 What Are Firm Capabilities? -- 3.2 Building Capabilities -- 3.3 The Role of Management -- 4 Capabilities and Kaizen -- 5 Some Implications for Industrial Policy -- 5.1 Why Do Firms Fail to Adopt Good Management Practices? -- 5.2 Options to Improve Management Practices -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Kaizen Toward Learning, Transformation, and High-Quality Growth: Insights from Outstanding Experiences -- 1 Analytical Perspective and Key Issues -- 1.1 Research Question and Structure of This Chapter -- 2 Goals, Tools/Methods, and Process of Kaizen -- 2.1 Goals of Kaizen and Process to Achieve Them.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789811503641
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6113806
DDC:
658.533
Language:
English
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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