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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| New Evidence from Start-Up Factories | |
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| Major Themes | |
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| New Possibilities for Enhancing U.S. Manufacturing | |
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| Plan of the Book | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Theory of High Performance Management | |
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| Theories of High Performance Management | |
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| Economic Theories of Market Failure | |
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| Social and Psychological Theories of Labor Productivity | |
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| Theories of High Performance Management | |
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| Theories of Labor Control and Power | |
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| Dynamic Efficiency | |
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| Recent Challenges to Organizational Sources of Efficiency | |
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| Implications for Economic Efficiency, Productivity Growth, and Real Wages | |
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| Notes | |
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| High Performance Management Strategies | |
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| The Management Strategies of Start-Up Factories | |
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| The Case Study Sample | |
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| An Overview of Start-Up Factories | |
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| High-End Start-Ups | |
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| Mid-Range Start-Ups | |
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| Low-End Start-Ups | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Hybrid Systems of Management Practices | |
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| One Model of High Performance or Many? | |
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| Compensation Practices | |
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| Recruitment and Selection | |
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| Technology and the Organization of Work | |
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| Operations Management and Dynamic Efficiency | |
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| Evaluation and Reform of High Performance Strategies | |
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| High Performance Management "Systems" | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| High Performance Management and the Quality of Jobs | |
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| Job Excellence in Start-Up Factories | |
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| Testing the Theories | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Defining Regional Advantage for High Performance Start-Ups | |
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| High Performance and Regional Advantage | |
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| Defining "Core" Business Location Factors | |
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| Core Location Criteria for Japanese Transplants | |
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| Evidence from the Case Studies | |
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| Regional Advantage for Start-Up Factories | |
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| Notes | |
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| What Attracts High Performance Factories? | |
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| The Location Database | |
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| Regional and State Location Patterns | |
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| Modeling Location Decisions | |
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| Defining the Core Model | |
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| Findings from the Core Model | |
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| Redefining Regional Advantage: Lessons from the Field Research | |
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| Findings from the Field Models | |
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| Regional Advantage for High Performance Workplaces | |
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| Notes | |
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| Evaluating High Performance Management Strategies | |
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| The Bottom Line | |
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| Ramp-up Cycles and the Ramp-up Production Function | |
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| Ramp-up Production Functions | |
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| Testing For Efficiency Gains in the Ramp-up Production Function | |
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| The Effects of High Performance Management Practices | |
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| Corroborating Evidence from National Data | |
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| Competing Explanations of the Effect of Japanese-style Organizational Regimes | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The High Performance Management Practices of Start-Up Factories | |
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| High Performance Practices and Good Jobs | |
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| High Performance Management and Regional Location Advantages | |
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| High Performance Management Strategies and Business Performance | |
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| Implications for Economic Development Policy | |
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| High Performance Management and the National Economy | |
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| Supplementary Tables for Chapter 7 | |
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| Reference List | |
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| The Authors | |
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| Cited Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| About the Institute | |
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| Figures | |
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| Distribution of Start-Ups by Region, 1978-88 | |
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| States' Shares of Domestic and Japanese Start-Ups, 1978-88 | |
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| Illustrative Ramp-Up of a High Performance Start-Up | |
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| Alternative Ramp-Up Paths | |