
The Japanese Business and Economic System
History and Prospects for the 21st Century
M. Nakamura(Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 11. January 2001
Book
Hardback
XXIII, 402 pages
978-0-333-94566-7 (ISBN)
Description
Emerging from ten years of post-bubble recession, the Japanese business and economic system will need to enter a period of radical restructuring in order to return to the growth of former years and maintain its influential position in the development of new technologies. Japan's choices for the future will have a major impact on its global trading partners. In this edited collection of papers, an international range of contributors discuss the fundamental issues faced by the Japanese business and economic system from historical, analytical and empirical perspectives. Their conclusions combine to present a view of the path Japan should take to restore its economy to optimal growth in the 21st century, and show how this path will affect global markets.
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Edition
2001 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XXIII, 402 p.
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-94566-7 (9780333945667)
DOI
10.1057/9780230512283
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WERNER ANTWEILER Assistant Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, Canada
MUKESH ESWARAN Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia, Canada
DAVID FLATH Professor of Economics, North Carolina State University, USA
MURRAY FRANK Associate Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia Canada
ROBERT HART Professor of Economics, University of Stirling, UK
MASANORI HASHIMOTO Professor and Chairperson, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, USA
TAKABUMI HAYASHI Professor of International Business, Rikkyo University, Japan
KEITH HEAD HSBC Bank of Canada Professor in Asian Commerce, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, Canada
SUSAN HELPER Associate Professor of Economics, Case Western Reserve University, USA
KOZO HORIUCHI Professor and Dean, Faculty of Humanity and Environment, Hosei University, Japan
TAKAO KATO Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Colgate University, USA
YUKIHIKO KIYOKAWA Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
KASUHITO MASUI Professor in Residence, Davis & Company, Vancouver, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Kokushikan University, Japan
TERRY MCGEE Professor, Department of Geography and former Director, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada
RANDALL MORCK Jarislowsky Distinguished Professor of Finance, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta, USA
CARL MOSK Professor of Economics, University of Victoria, Canada
TAKANOBU NAKAJIMA Associate Professor of Business and Commerce, Keio University, Japan
MASAO NAKAMURA Professor, Faculties of Commerce and Business Administration and of Applied Science; Konwakai Japan Research Chair and Director, Centre for Japanese Research, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada
JOHN RIES HSBC Bank of Canada Professor in Asian Business, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, Canada
GARY SAXONHOUSE Professor of Economics, University of Michigan, USA
HIROKI TSURUMI Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, USA
YOSHI TSURUMI Professor of International Business, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA
TERI URSACKI Associate Professor of Management, University of Calgary, Canada
KANJI YOSHIOKA Professor and Director, Keio Economic Observatory, Keio University, Japan
Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION PART TWO: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Japan's Economic Growth: Past and Present Comments Participatory Employment Practices in Japan Comments Kudoka and the Japanese Worker Comments PART THREE: TRANSFER OF JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY TO ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA Technology Transfer in Asia in Transition: Case Studies of Japanese Companies Comments Japanese Auto Suppliers in North America: A Review of the Literature and Prospects for Research PART FOUR: TECHNOLOGY IN JAPANESE ECONOMIC HISTORY Japanese Technological Development: A Technology Gap Hypothesis and Its Implications Comments Osaka and Tokyo Comments PART FIVE: US-JAPAN RELATIONS AND THE JAPANESE ECONOMY Equity Markets, Political Markets and the Changing Framework of US-Japanese Economic Relations Global Duopolistic Competition of Fujifilm and Kodak: Corporate Strategy and Business-Government Relations Comments Comments on the Kodak-Fuji Dispute, the WTO and Trade and Competition Policies PART SIX: JAPANESE BUSINESS PRACTICES Japan's Business Groups Japanese Corporate Governance and Macroeconomic Problems Comments Environmental Issues and Japanese Firms PART SEVEN: CONCLUSION