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The article aims to point out the presence of some aspects of Japanese management systems in a sample of Japanese manufacturing enterprises in Italy and analyzes headquarters control on Italian subsidiaries.
It studies the correlation between management styles of the sample and some organizational and strategic variables (company goals, decision-making responsibility, organizational mechanisms), by applying some multivariate statistical methods.
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Gnan, L., Songini, L. (1995). Management Styles of a Sample of Japanese Manufacturing Companies in Italy. In: Kumar, B.N. (eds) Management and International Review. Journal of International Business. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90985-5_2
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