Akio (Hrsg.) Hosono

Workers, Managers, Productivity: Kaizen in Developing Countries

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This open access book provides a glimpse into the Japanese management technique known as Kaizen, and the ways it has been disseminated around the developing world. The novelty of this book is three-fold: it provides a contextualized view of the mechanisms of initiatives implementing Kaizen in developing countries; compared with productivity studies, it places the relationship between workers and managers at the center of inquiry, reflecting the intent of SDG8 concerning decent work and economic growth; and it provides an overview of the heterogeneity of Kaizen in terms of geography and firm size. This book explores how improving management te… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Page, John (Hrsg.) / Shimada, Go (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-981-1503-66-5
EAN: 9789811503665
Produktnummer: 34821113
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 327 S.
Auflage: 2020

Über den Autor

Akio Hosono is senior research adviser to the JICA Research Institute. Holding a doctorate in economics from the University of Tokyo, he has held a variety of academic posts, including a period as Director of the JICA Research Institute from 2011 to 2013.John Page is a Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC and has held positions at Princeton University, USA, the World Bank, Oxford University, UK, and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan. Go Shimada is an Associate Professor of Meiji University and a visiting scholar at the JICA Research Institute. He holds a PhD from Waseda University.