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Continuous Improvement Strategies

Japanese Convenience Store Systems

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. David Marutschke
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Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series (PAMABS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • David Marutschke
    Pages 1-7

  3. Theory and research methodology

    • David Marutschke
    Pages 8-24

  4. Historical overview and the CS system

    • David Marutschke
    Pages 25-56

  5. New challenges in a dynamic environment

    • David Marutschke
    Pages 57-88

  6. New developments in recent years

    • David Marutschke
    Pages 89-148

  7. Discussion of rigidities and new approaches

    • David Marutschke
    Pages 149-170

  8. Conclusion

    • David Marutschke
    Pages 171-177

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 178-203
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This book discusses continuous improvement strategies of Japanese convenience store operators. The study highlights the efforts of companies operating under lean management systems to identify new, dynamic, firm-specific capabilities in highly competitive markets.

About the author

DAVID MARUTSCHKE Associate at J.D. Power Asia Pacific in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated in International Business Administration and Japanese Studies at Tübingen University, Germany. For his PhD thesis and research he was based at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo, and at Kyoto University, Japan, as a JSPS scholarship holder.

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