Quality and The National Cultur

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 INTRODUCTION

rces—political, economic, and social—which determine the national priorities.

even greater force is that of human leadership and determination. Historically, th

f “capitalism” is private ownership of the means of production and distribution, a

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 INTRODUCTION

ustrial sense may be highly developed in terms of other aspects of national matur

g problem until the cultural patterns are understood, appreciated, and taken into

t is the capitalistic developed countries which produce the bulk of the world’s g

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 QUALITY IN CAPITALISTIC ECONOMIES

ty improvement than is generally realized. All economies, whether capitalistic or

competition from existing products.

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 QUALITY IN CAPITALISTIC ECONOMIES

ough an intermediate merchant chain. If poor quality results in excessive returns

is. Even more important is the access to the marketplace before products are laun

up to their warranties, and so on. The extent of such practices has been large eno

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 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

companies have provided special training to employees before sending them abroad.

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 MULTINATIONAL COLLABORATION

manner, companies from multiple countries may supply components, carry out manufa

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