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 corporate Japan, as well as for the theory of the Japanese firm. The contributions to this book cover a broad range of subjects, from the strategies and organizational structures to the management of human resources and innovation processes in the 1990s. These changes are systematically commented on by field...

Mit der Ausweitung der Aktivitaten von Unternehmen uber nationale und Kulturgrenzen hinaus, d.h. ihrer "Internationalisierung," entsteht das Problem der Auseinandersetzung zwischen und das Zusammenwirken von verschiedenen Kulturen in einer Organisation. Sie wirft fur die Wirtschaftswissenschaft neuartige Fragen auf, denn der Weg vom international tatigen zum internationalen Unternehmen ist weit. Die vorliegende Arbeit fuhrt in das Ver standnis und damit in die Behandlung dieses Themas ein. Ausgangsfrage und -hypothese der vorliegenden Untersuchung ist die prinzipielle Moglich keit und...

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 corporate Japan, as well as for the theory of the Japanese firm. The contributions to this book cover a broad range of subjects, from the strategies and organizational structures to the management of human resources and innovation processes in the 1990s. These changes are systematically commented on by field...