Download or read book The Rise of the Japanese Specialist Manufacturer written by Ferguson Evans and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.