Contributor biographical information for Extreme Toyota : radical contradictions that drive success at the world's best manufacturer / Emi Osono, Norihiko Shimizu, Hirotaka Takeuchi ; with John Kyle Dorton and Susan J. Bigelow.
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Hirotaka Takeuchi, Emi Osono, and Norihiko Shimizu are business school graduates from the University of California, Berkeley, The George Washington University, and Stanford University, respectively. They are professors at one of Japan's top business schools, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (www.ics.hit-u.ac.jp). Takeuchi works closely with Professor Michael E. Porter of Harvard University, with whom he coauthored Can Japan Compete? (2000). All three authors are also frequent speakers at conferences and seminars around the world.
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Toyota Jidåosha Kabushiki Kaisha -- Management.
Automobile industry and trade -- Japan -- Management.
Total quality management.
Organizational effectiveness.