Management Quality and Competitiveness: Lessons from the Industrial Excellence Award

by Christoph H. Loch, Stephen Chick, Arnd Huchzermeier, et al.

Book Overview

"He who stops getting better has stopped being good. " Hans Schneider, General Manager of the Siemens Amberg Electronics Factory, Industrial Excellence Award overall winner 2007 There is a general perception that inflexible labor markets and high labor costs are contributing to a massive displacement of manufacturing jobs and investment from Western Europe to Eastern Europe and Asia. The debate in Western Europe is highly charged, but sometimes ill-informed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642098061
• ISBN13: 9783642098062
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"