Global Japanziation? Brings together research from North America, Japan, Europe and Latin America to analyse the influence of Japanese manufacturing investment and Japanese working practices across the global economy.

Part 1: The Japanese Model Prologue 1. Global Japanization? Convergence and Competition in the Organization of the Labour Process Tony Elger and Chris Smith 2. How Far from Japan? A Case Study of Japanese Press Shop Practice and Management Calculation Karel Williams, Itsutomo Mitsui and Colin Haslam 3. "Japanese Management" and the "Loaning" of Labour: Restructuring in the Japanese Iron and Steel Industry Toshiko Kamada Part 2: Transplants, Transfer and Adaptation Prologue 4. How Does the Japanese Model Transfer to the United States? A View from the Line Laurie Graham 5. Reunifying Conception and Execution of Work Under Japanese Production Management? A Canadian Case Study James Rinehart, David Robertson, Christopher Huxley and Jeff Wareham 6. Understanding the Transfer of Japanese Management Practices: the Australian Case