This book investigates how different types of Japanese management systems are able to motivate stakeholders, including employees, top management, stockholders, customers and transaction partners, to participate actively in the organizational behavior that improves business performance. The various systems motivating stakeholders are examined in five sections: Strategy and Business Restructuring for Enhancing the Business Value; Management Control Systems and Budgeting; Cost Management; Management Accounting for Supply Chain and Shared Services; and Process Management.

In the 1990s, Japanese companies experienced a deflationary recession called the "lost ten years". To survive the recession, they applied a new project management paradigm which is referred to as Kaikaku Project Management (KPM). This book provides a comprehensive look at the features of KPM.

In the interests of globalization, many companies are establishing theories and practices for international management accounting. This book discusses the status of international management accounting in Japan through interviews with three major electronics companies: Matsushita, Sharp, and Sanyo.

Investigates the impact of a takeover on a management's incentives to increase reported earnings. This book analyzes the type of effects reorganizations have on the laws and regulations, while weighing the company law, accounting standards for financial instruments, tax law, other accounting principles and international standards.