Table of Contents

Michel Freyssenet: Introduction
1: Michel Freyssenet: Intersecting Trajectories and Model Changes
2: Daniel Raff: Models, Trajectories, and the Evolution of Production Systems: Lessons from the American Automobile Industry in the Years Between the Wars
Part I. Only One Model in Japan?
3: Kiochi Shimizu: New Toyotaism?
4: Masanori Hanada: Nissan: Restructuring to Regain Competitiveness
5: Andrew Mair: The Globalization of Honda's Product-Led Flexible Mass Production System
6: Kiochi Shimizu and Kiochi Shimokawa: The Unique Trajectory of Mitsubishi Motors
7: Myeong-Kee Chung: Hyundai Tries Two Industrial Models to Penetrate Global Markets
Part II. Three Distinct Trajectories at North America's Big Three
8: Michael Flynn: The General-Motors Trajectory: Strategic Shift or Tactical Drift?
9: Gerard Bordenave: Globalization at the Heart of Organizational Change: Crisis and Recovery at the Ford Motor Company
10: Bruce Belowski: Re-Inventing Chrysler
Part III. Europe's Dilemma: The Original Conditions of Industrial Model's Viability
11: Ulrich Jürgens: The Development of Volkswagen's Industrial Model, 1967-1995
12: Arnaldo Camuffo and Giuseppe Volpato: Making Manufacturing Lean in the Italian Automobile Industry: The Trajectory of Fiat
13: Jean-Louis Loubet: Peugeot Meets Ford, Sloan, and Toyota
14: Michel Freyssenet: Renault: From Diversified Mass Production to Innovative Flexible Production
15: Andrew Mair: From British Leyland Motor Corporation to Rover Group: The Search for a Viable British Model
16: Christian Berggren: A Second Comeback or a Final Farewell? The Volvo Trajectory, 1973-1994
17: Jean-Jaques Chanaron: Lada: Viability of Fordism?
18: Michel Freyssenet, Andrew Mair, Kiochi Shimizu, and Giuseppe Volpato: Conclusion: The Choices to be made in the Coming Decade