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Toyota's success driven by more than improvement system
Harvard Business Review, June 19, 2008
A six-year study of the Toyota Motor Corporation has found that its Production System allows the company to continue improving the way it manufactures vehicles. However, researchers from Harvard Business Review also found that this innovative system does not solely account for Toyota's success. They believe the company is successful because it creates contradictions and paradoxes in many aspects of organizational life.
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