| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 315 pages) : illustrations |
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Palgrave Macmillan Asian business series Centre for the Study of Emerging Market series |
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Palgrave Macmillan Asian business series.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Hiroaki Miyoshi and Yoshifumi Nakata -- The evolution of Japan's semiconductor industry : searching for global advantage / Clair Brown and Greg Linden -- The Japanese enterprise software industry / Robert E. Cole and Shinya Fushimi -- The evolution of Japan's human-resource management / Mitsuo Ishida and Atsushi Sato -- Have Japanese engineers changed? / Yoshifumi Nakata and Satoru Miyazaki -- Strategic alliances in the Japanese economy : types, critiques, embeddedness, and change / James R. Lincoln and Emily W. Choi -- R & D management in Japanese manufacturing firms : technology trade, R & D outsourcing, and joint R & D / Akihiko Kawaura and Dai Miyamoto -- Foreign direct investment and management in Japan : the impact of Japanese corporations' foreign direct investment strategies on managerial decisions and corporate performance in Japan : an analysis based on corporate-level microdata / Jun Ma -- Why do Japanese companies file patents in China? : empirical findings from Japanese firm-level data / Yoshifumi Nakata and Xingyuan Zhang -- Changing ownership and governance innovation : Japanese enterprises in transition / Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and Toru Yoshikawa -- Why do Japanese companies issue stock options? : behind the introduction of stock options in Japan : theory of shareholder sovereignty vs. theory of managerial sovereignty / Hiroaki Miyoshi and Takeo Nakao -- Automotive technology policy in Japan / Masanobu Kii, Hiroaki Miyoshi, and Masayuki Sano -- Science and technology policy / Tateo Arimoto |
| Summary |
The central question of this book is how did Japanese corporations and government institutions evolve during Japan's lost decade? To answer this question, the editors have put together a collection of contributions that focus primarily on technological enterprise and policy, the traditional basis for Japan's strong competitiveness. If we ask simply whether Japanese business has changed, the answer must be an unequivocal yes. There is no question that management practices in Japanese firms have developed in a myriad of ways during this lost decade, including executive strategies, corporate governance, human-resource management, and inter-corporate relationships. Clearly Japanese firms do have the power to change. Alternatively, if the question is refocused to ask whether Japanese firms, on top of making formal changes, have also changed in any substantive ways that might lead to a brighter future, it must be accepted that there is a decidedly less sanguine conclusion. This book will tell you why and what it means for the future of Japanese firms |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Industries -- Japan.
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Industrial management -- Japan.
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Industrial policy -- Japan
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Industrial management
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Industrial policy
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Industries
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1989-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90003616
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Japan -- Economic policy -- 1989-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90003634
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miyoshi, Hiroaki, 1960-
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Nakata, Yoshifumi, 1955-
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| ISBN |
9780230294905 |
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0230294901 |
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