List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. On a Different Path? The Managerial Reshaping of Japanese Corporate Governance; 2. In the Shadow of Corporate Governance Reform: Change and Continuity in Managerial Practice at Listed Companies in Japan; 3. Takeovers and Corporate Governance: Three Years of Tensions; 4. Foreign Investors and Corporate Governance in Japan; 5. Japan's Conversion to Investor Capitalism; 6. Managers and Corporate Governance Reform in Japan: Restoring Self-Confidence or Shareholder Revolution?
Summary
Japanese corporate governance and managerial practice is at a critical juncture. At the start of the decade pressures mounted for Japan to move to a shareholder-value driven, 'Anglo-American' system of corporate governance. Subsequent changes, however, may be seen as an adjustment and renewal of the post-war model of the Japanese firm. In adapting to global corporate governance standards, Japanese managers have also been reshaping them according to their own agenda of reform andrestructuring of decision-making processes
