IMPROVING MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS: A CASE STUDY

Abstract

In the mid‐1980s, obituaries were being written for manufacturing firms in the United States. Foreign competitors, particularly those in Japan and West Germany, had productivity growth exceeding that of firms in the U.S. The result was increasing market shares for firms in those countries. U.S. firms were becoming less competitive in the global marketplace.

Citation

Vokurka, R.J. and Davis, R.A. (1996), "IMPROVING MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS: A CASE STUDY", Competitiveness Review, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 68-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046331