International Differences in Lean Production, Productivity and Employee Attitudes

Susan Helper, Morris M. Kleiner

NBER Working Paper No. 13015
Issued in April 2007

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The authors thank the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for funding the research. We also thank Wei Chi, Susan Fernie, and Alexander Lefter for their assistance with the study. The study is forthcoming in International Differences in Business Practices and Productivity, ed. Richard B. Freeman and Kathryn Shaw, University of Chicago Press and National Bureau of Research. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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