Dispelling the Manufacturing Myth: American Factories Can Compete in the Global Marketplace

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ISBN10: 0309046769
ISBN13: 9780309046763
Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Published: Feb 1 1992
Pages: 130
Language: English

Conventional wisdom holds that high wages, high capital costs, and worker inflexibility have cost America its ability to compete in the world manufacturing marketplace. This book demonstrates that U.S.-based manufacturing can compete in terms of quality, product features, and timely delivery--the real measures of competitiveness in the 1990s.

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