About the series -- About the authors -- Tables and figure -- Table 1.1 Membership in operations research societies in Europe and the USA -- Table 2.1 Christianity in the USA -- Figure 3.1 Big Three mass production process - post World War Two -- Table 3.1 Units of production - Japanese automobile firms, 2005-2006 -- Table 3.2 Japanese auto parts manufacturers in North America -- Table 3.3 Production behavioral values - Big Three and the Toyota Production System -- Table 3.4 Comparative performance of major automobile firms, 2006 -- Table 4.1 German firms on the 2007 Fortune World 500 list -- Table 4.2 Japanese firms on the 2007 Fortune World 500 list -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction

Managerialism in US automobile manufacturing -- Figure 3.1 Big Three mass production process - post World War Two -- The Japanese production system -- Table 3.3 Production behavioral values - Big Three and the Toyota Production System -- Table 3.4 Comparative performance of major automobile firms, 2006 -- The response of US managerialism to the Japanese automobile challenge -- German automobile firms' response to the Japanese challenge -- Conclusion -- 4