Japanese Multinationals (RLE International Business)

List of Figures, tables, contributors. 1. Introduction Nigel Campbell. 2. Japanese Capitalism, Anglo-Saxon Capitalism: How Will the Darwinian Contest Turn Out? Ronald Dore. Part I: Global Strategies. 3. The Globalization of Japanese Firms Hiroyuki Itami. 4. The Trade Effects of Japanese Manufacturing Investment in the UK Economy Roger Strange. 5. International Alliances as a Strategic Tool of Japanese Electronic Companies Fred Burton and Freddy Saelens. 6. Global Strategy in the Japanese Semiconductor Industry: Knowledge Creation Through Strategic Alliances Yoshiya Teramoto, Frank-Juergen Richter, Naoto Iwasaki, Tohru Takai and Yukihiro Wakuta. 7. Japanese Joint Ventures In Italy: A Second-Best Strategy? Corrado Molteni. 8. The Strategic role of Japanese R&D Centres in the UK David Cairncross. 9. Organizational Perestroika: Intra-Company Markets in Japanese Multinational Corporations Tadao Kagono and Nigel Campbell. Part II: Strategies for Human Resource Management and Supply Relationships. 10. The Best of Both Worlds? Human Resource Management Practices in US-based Japanese Affiliates Schon Beechler and Allan Bird. 11. The Transfer of Human Resource Management Systems Overseas: An Exploratory Study of Japanese and American Maquiladoras Schon Beechler and Sully Taylor. 12. The Core Workforce - Peripheral Workforce Dichotomy and the Transfer of Japanese Management Practices Vagelis Dedoussis. 13. The Challenges of Globalization: The Strategic Role of Local managers in Japanese-owned US Subisidiaries Vladimir Pucik. 14. Compensation System and Practice At A Japanese Owned and Managed Sales Subsidiary in the USA Noriya Sumihara. 15. Organizational Development in Japanese Overseas Subsidaries Daniel Dirks. 16. Supplier Relations in the Japanese Auto Industry: An Empirical Comparison with the US Industry M Bansauou. Index.