Continuity and Change in Japanese Management

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Igyωshu Kωryu are groups or networks of small and medium-sized enterprises organized to exchange technical information, promote management development, and engage in manpower exchange.

Hanaoka , op. cit.

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Jaikumar Ramchandran , “Postindustrial Manufacturing,” Harvard Business Review (November/December 1986).