The Development of Corporate Governance in Japan and Britain

ISBN-13: 9781138620902 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Etsuo Abe

Opis

Corporate governance attracts the interest of commentators, policy makers and academics due to its focus on differences between national business systems and their performance. This book uses comparative study to analyse national, legal, cultural and industry-specific contexts and the factors contributing to the emergence of business institutions.

Spis treści

Contents: What is corporate governance? the historical implications, Etsuo Abe; The corporate governance of Japanese firms at the early stage of industrialization: Osaka cotton spinning and Nippon life assurance, Matao Miyamoto and Takeshi Abe; Corporate governance, business organization and competitiveness: British business in the inter-war period, Robert Fitzgerald; Corporate governance in the inter-war Zaibatsu, Haruhito Takeda; Corporate governance in British insurance: how the Phoenix lost Norwich Union and lived to regret London Guarantee and Accident, Clive Trebilcock; Japanese corporate governance in the major life assurance companies; an historical perspective, Takau Yoneyama; The main bank system and corporate governance in post-war Japan, Chikage Hidaka and Takeo Kikkawa; Corporate governance, management and British venture capital since 1945, Richard Coopey; Authority and direction in British manufacturing companies, 1945-2000: models, realities and consequences, Nick Tiratsoo; Corporate governance and management structure: the nationalized railway industry in Britain, Terry Gourvish; Recent changes in inter-firm relations in Japan: the six largest corporate complexes, Masahiro Shimotani; Index.

O autorze

Abe, Etsuo