附註:Includes bibliographical references.
Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan; 3. The role of OIs in the theory of economic growth; 4. Contribution of specific OIs to economic growth and the three axes of OIs; 5. The process of firm operations: core of the atomic/systemic model of economic growth; 6. OIs and manufacturing sectors' growth in the USA and Japan; 7. Empirical evidence on the links between industrial sectoral growth and the lean production system (JIT/QC) in the USA; 8. Conclusions, limitations, implications.
摘要:Organizational innovations have taken second place to technical innovations in explaining sectoral and economic growth. This work redresses this imbalance by showing the long-run importance of organizational innovations, such as the just-in-time practice and lean production systems, in economic growth and development.
