The Steel Industry in Japan: A Comparison with Britain

by Hasegawa,Harukiyo

• ISBN13: 9780415103862
• ISBN10: 041510386X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-05-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Japanese steel industry has experienced both boom and recession over the past 30 years and is now in real decline. Harukiyo Hasegawa analyzes the economic, technical and political changes paying particular attention to the impact of modern technology upon employees within the industry. Hasegawa introduces an important new conceptual tool for comparative study: "convergence". Challenging the simplistic notion of "leader" and "follower" industries, he utilizes this concept to investigate whether the steel industry, and by extension other manufacturing industries, can survive in mature economies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Glossary	p. xix
The Steel Industry	p. 1
Differences in Corporate Environments	p. 19
Steel Intensity	p. 21
Ownership and Control	p. 35
Employment	p. 48
The Japanese Steel Industry	p. 63
Capital Investment	p. 65
Changes in Workforce Composition and Management	p. 98
Head Office and Top Management	p. 128
The British Steel Industry	p. 153
Plant and Equipment Modernisation	p. 155
Modernisation of Scunthorpe Works	p. 184
Corporate Organisation	p. 201
Convergence and Relative Advance	p. 223
Corporate Environments	p. 225
Implications of Technology	p. 266
Change in Corporate Environment	p. 289
Notes	p. 308
Bibliography	p. 323
Index	p. 337
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