Development Human Resources Lean Production Management 
Harvard Business Review
MAY 26, 2016
Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low. Over the last thirty years, the lean approach — developed by Japanese automakers — has permeated the manufacturing sector in developed countries, but is much less commonly used in the developing world. Locke of Brown University.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 27, 2015
In the 1980s, our organizations learned a great deal about how to improve productivity, quality, and costs from Japanese practices. Clearly, well-run operations and careful talent management went hand-in-glove. That would never fly in marketing, operations research, or even accounting, where academics are all over new developments.
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