The Japanese Business and Economic System: History and Prospects for the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9780333945667 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 402 str.

Masao Nakamura; M. Nakamura

Opis

An international range of contributors discuss the fundamental issues faced by the Japanese business and economic system after emerging from ten years of post bubble recession. Their conclusions combine to show a future path for Japan and how global markets will be affected.

Recenzje

'As a broad-brush survey it looks fascinating.' - Andrea Boltho, Pacific Affairs

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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