Japanese Management in the Low Growth Era Between External Shocks and Internal Evolution

Japanese Management in the Low Growth Era Between External Shocks and Internal Evolution / edited by Daniel Dirks, Jean-Francois Huchet, Thierry Ribault.

Japanese firms are in the midst of the most protracted economic crisis in their post-war history. The end of the "bubble economy" has led to a long era of low growth. This change in the general business environment has profound consequences for the management and the organization of corpor...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Dirks, Daniel (Editor), Huchet, Jean-Francois (Editor), Ribault, Thierry (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
Edition:1st ed. 1999.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Leadership.
Macroeconomics.
Business.
Management science.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Managing in a Low Growth Era—The End of Managerial Idiosyncrasies?
  • Japanese Management Practices in Historical Perspective
  • Section 1 Structure, Strategy and Internationalization
  • I Externalization of Organizations and the Dual Governance Structure
  • II Role of Inter-organizational Networks: The Case of Japanese Corporate Groups
  • Commentary: Externalization and Inter-organizational Networks. How Globalization Transforms the Japanese Model
  • III Modes of Corporate Internationalization: Japanese FDI Strategies in Asia-Pacific
  • IV Japanese Companies in Europe: Their Strategies and Management Practices
  • Commentary
  • Section 2 Corporate Governance and Control
  • V Presidential Turnover and Performance in the Japanese Firm: The Evolution and Change of the Contingent Governance Structure under the Main Bank System
  • VI Corporate Pension Schemes, Corporate Pension Governance, and State (De-) Regulation in Japan
  • VII After Quasi-LBO Discipline: A Historical Reflection on Japanese Corporate Governance
  • Commentary: From Voice to Exit? Corporate Finance Management and Corporate Governance
  • Section 3 Industrial Organization
  • VIII Recession and Globalization: What Future for Japanese Industrial Keiretsu?
  • IX A Changing Image of Japanese Small Entrepreneurs
  • Commentary: A New Step in the Evolution of Japanese Industrial Networks?
  • Section 4 Human Resource Management
  • X Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms Undergoing Transition: A Hierarchical Approach
  • Commentary
  • XI Limits and Latitude of Labour Adjustment Strategies in Japanese Companies
  • Commentary
  • XII Flexible Employment in Japanese Retailing: Toward a Just-in-time Employment Management
  • Commentary: Flexible Employment in Japanese Retailing: Comparisons with Canada and Questions Concerning the Segmentation Theory
  • Section 5 Innovation and Technology Management
  • XIII Japanese Corporate R&D in the 1990s: Change and Continuity
  • Commentary: Japanese R&D Management Practices: The Globalization Challenge
  • XIV The Phase Variety of Product Systems and System-Based Differentiation: An Alternative View on Organizational Capabilities of the Japanese Firm for Product Innovation
  • Commentary: System-Based Differentiation in Japanese Firms. Comments from a German Perspective
  • Section 6 Change and Continuity: On the Transformation of the Japanese Management System
  • XV Transformation of the Japanese Management System: A Contingency View
  • XVI Will Japanese and French “Exceptionalisms” Vanish? The Convergence Hypothesis Reconsidered
  • The Authors.

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