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How Do Companies Effectively Manage Their Operations and Co-Ordinate Production Across Borders? in the Case of Toyota

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DOI: 10.23977/ieim.2022.050103 | Downloads: 10 | Views: 733

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Yihe Wang 1

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1 Shengli College China University of Petroleum, Dongying City, Shandong Province, 257061, China

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Yihe Wang

ABSTRACT

In the process of economic globalization, the development of multinational corporations has also attracted more and more attention. Multinational corporations are facing many challenges in the field of global market. At the same time, the automobile industry is playing a more and more important role in the global economy. In order to study how multinational corporations operate reasonably, this paper takes Toyota, an automobile enterprise in Japan, as an example, and makes a critical discussion on the reasons for its success in the world, which provides a reference for relevant enterprises.

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International management, Toyota, Automobile industry

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Yihe Wang, How Do Companies Effectively Manage Their Operations and Co-Ordinate Production Across Borders? in the Case of Toyota. Industrial Engineering and Innovation Management (2022) Vol. 5: 10-14. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/ieim.2022.050103.

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