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Guimarães, M. & Crespo de Carvalho, J. (2012). Lean healthcare across cultures: state-of-the-art. American International Journal of Contemporary Research. 2 (6), 187-206
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M. C. Guimarães and J. L. Carvalho,  "Lean healthcare across cultures: state-of-the-art", in American Int. Journal of Contemporary Research, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 187-206, 2012
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@article{guimarães2012_1716129040548,
	author = "Guimarães, M. and Crespo de Carvalho, J.",
	title = "Lean healthcare across cultures: state-of-the-art",
	journal = "American International Journal of Contemporary Research",
	year = "2012",
	volume = "2",
	number = "6",
	pages = "187-206",
	url = "http://www.aijcrnet.com/"
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Lean healthcare across cultures: state-of-the-art
T2  - American International Journal of Contemporary Research
VL  - 2
IS  - 6
AU  - Guimarães, M.
AU  - Crespo de Carvalho, J.
PY  - 2012
SP  - 187-206
SN  - 2162-139X
UR  - http://www.aijcrnet.com/
AB  - Lean thinking “translation” from manufacturing to services settings is a topic of growing interest among academics and practitioners. Healthcare organizations have been one of the latest services settings adopting Lean principles, tools and techniques feeding a crescent stream of literature. However, despite of the important contribution of some review articles, the Lean embeddeness in different national Healthcare systems lack cultural appraisal and updating. Through a systematic literature review, this paper presents the state-of-the-art of Lean deployment in Healthcare settings recurring to cultural lenses, classifies the existent literature, enhances cultural (national and organizational) marks and disclosures Lean deployment patterns while answer the question: - Does national cultural resemblance to Japan means a deeper deployment of Lean practices by Healthcare organizations?
ER  -