Specialist manufacturers have existed in Japan from even before the start of industrialization in the late nineteenth century. Proliferating since but remaining steadfastly lean, many of them can be categorized as leading medium-sized enterprises. This book looks at how they are globalizing and assuming a role as East Asian specialists.

Auteur
FERGUSON EVANS (PhD) lived in Japan from 1969 to 1990. During that time he worked as export manager for two Japanese
start-ups covering chiefly East Asian markets. Since the mid-1980s he has been engaged in Japanese translation and writing.
He now divides his time between East Asia and Toulouse.

Contenu
Introduction The Dawning of a Concept The Universal LME The Stylized LME Early Industrialization and the Adumbrated LME Organization and Techology: 1912 1930 War and the Molding of an Industrial Structure: 1930 1945 Growth and the 'Dual Economy' Contrasting Profiles of the Modern Japanese Specialist Monozukuri Making Things Globalization and the Specialist A Population of Globalizing Japanese LMEs 2007 Update: Funds and China Conclusion