Fine or better copy in like dust jacket. Scarce first printing with full number line. Ex-library book with library card pocket and previous owner's name inside front cover, otherwise crisp, intact and unmarked. 528 pages with Notes and Index. This book contains the first detailed analysis of how Japanese firms have tried to redress this imbalance by applying their skills in engineering and production management to software development.

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Title

Japan's Software Factories: A Challenge to U.S. Management

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

1991

Language

English

ISBN 10

0195062167

ISBN 13

9780195062168

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Though Japan has successfully competed with U.S. companies in the manufacturing and marketing of computer hardware, it has been less successful in developing computer programs. This book contains the first detailed analysis of how Japanese firms have tried to redress this imbalance by applying their skills in engineering and production management to software development. Cusumano focuses on the creation of "software factories" in which large numbers of people are engaged in developing software in cooperative ways--i.e. individual programs are not developed in isolation but rather utilize portions of other programs already developed whenever possible, and then yield usable portions for other programs being written. Devoting chapters to working methods at System Developing Corp., Hitachi, Toshiba, NEC, and Fujitsu, and including a comparison of Japanese and U.S. software factories, Cusumano's book will be important reading for all people involved in software and computer technology, as well as those interested in Japanese business and corporate culture.

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Michael A. Cusumano is at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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