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Critically acclaimed, award-winning independent filmmakers Mark and Michael Polish offer this practical guide to writing, shooting, editing, scoring, promoting, and distributing short and feature films--an indispensable resource for anyone interested in filmmaking.

General study of China with particular reference to the economy thereof, resulting from a short visit undertaken in september 1972 - covers historical and political aspects, the impact of the revolution for cultural change, employment, agricultural production, industrial production, education, health services, public finance, living conditions, etc. Illustrations and references.

Explains Deming's ideas on management and illustrates his Fourteen Points. Using many examples, he shows clearly how Deming's principles can transform American industry into a leader in quality goods and services.

Analysis of economic and social development trends in Cuba and the impact of the socialist revolution on economic growth, employment, consumption, income distribution and socio-economic conditions - examines the historical background, production indexes, economic indicators and estimates of gross domestic product, 1946-1981; studies dependence, structural change, basic needs, labour force and unemployment; includes statistical tables on foreign investment,...

Describes the management principles of Lean production that are employed by Toyota.

Comprehensive study of the motor vehicle industry of the USA from 1945 to 1971 - covers planning, technology, mergers, costs, prices and pricing policy, demand structure, production, the wholesale trade and retail trade, sales, air pollution, safety issues, etc., and includes an evaluation of performance record and recommendations for government policy. Bibliography pp. 307 to 312, references and statistical tables.

This book represents the culmination of the authors joint research on understanding the changing geography of the U.S. auto supplier industry.--[Acknowledgments, xi.].

No enterprise is more important to the world economy than the auto industry, and in the U.S., Japan, and Germany, three auto companies are so dominant that their products have become synonymous with their home nations: General Motors, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Yet each of these three companies faces a profoundly uncertain future. Their very success - their size, their scope, their highly institutionalized ways - threatens them in this new age of an...

Describes the rogue's gallery of adventurers, dealmakers, political operatives, corrupt officials, powerful oil companies, and other interests competing for the vast oil reserves in the Caspian region in the wake of the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

As a participant observer at Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Laurie Graham conducted extensive covert research. Her findings will interest all those concerned about Japanese management strategies, the auto industry, and the American worker's experience of lean production.