"The Decline of U.S. Consumer Electronics Manufacturing: History, Hypotheses, and Remedies."

Cusumano, Michael A. and David Staelin. In The Working Papers of the MIT Commission on Industrial Productivity, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989.

"The Software Factory: A Historical Interpretation."

Cusumano, Michael A. IEEE Software Vol. 6, No. 2 (1989): 23-30.

"Manufacturing Innovation: Lessons from the Japanese Auto Industry."

Cusumano, Michael. Sloan Management Review, September 1988.

"Small-Lot Production: Key to High Productivity and Inventory Turnover in Japanese Auto Manufacturing ."

Cusumano, Michael A. In Japanese Management at Home and Abroad, edited by Tuvia Blumenthal, Beer Sheva, Israel: Ben-Gurion University Press, 1987.

"Technological Pioneering and Competitive Advantage: The Birth of the VCR Industry."

Cusumano, Michael A. and Richard S. Rosenbloom. California Management Review Vol. 29, No. 4 (1987): 51-76.

"Diversity and Innovation in Japanese Technology Management."

Cusumano, Michael A. In Research on Technological Innovation, Management, and Policy, edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1986.