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

by Nakamura, Masao

• ISBN13: 9780333945667
• ISBN10: 0333945662
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-03-21
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The Japanese economy has been in the post-bubble recession for the last decade. This is in contrast to the resilient and secular growth Japan had enjoyed since World War II to the 1980s. How Japan copes with the massive restructuring of its business and economic system that appears to be needed for Japan to get back to its growth path is of interest to its global trading partners. In this book, leading Japan specialists from North America, Japan, and the UK provide detailed discussions of the representative issues the Japanese business and economic system currently faces and explore the directions Japan will be following in the 21st century.

Author Biography

Masao Nakamura is Professor of Commerce and Business Administration and of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia, Director of the Centre for Japanese Research, and the Konwakai Japan Research Chair.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	viii
List of Tables	ix
List of Figures	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgement	xx
List of Contributors	xxi
Introduction	1	(12)
Masao Nakamura
PART I ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Japan's Economic Growth: Past and Present	13	(33)
Takanobu Nakajima
Masao Nakamura
Kanji Yoshioka
Comments on Chapter 2	42	(4)
Werner Antweiler
Participatory Employment Practices in Japan	46	(40)
Takao Kato
Comments on Chapter 3	81	(5)
Robert Hart
Kudoka and the Japanese Worker	86	(29)
Keith Head
John Ries
Comments on Chapter 4	109	(6)
Masanori Hashimoto
PART II TRANSFER OF JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY TO ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA
Technology Transfer in Asia in Transition: Case Studies of Japanese Companies	115	(24)
Takubumi Hayashi
Comments on Chapter 5	137	(2)
Teri Ursacki
Japanese-Owned Car Suppliers in North America: A Review of the Literature and Proposal for Research	139	(20)
Susan Helper
PART III TECHNOLOGY IN JAPANESE ECONOMIC HISTORY
Japanese Technological Development: The Technological Gap Hypothesis and its Implications	159	(21)
Yukihiko Kiyokawa
Comments on Chapter 7	177	(3)
Mukesh Eswaran
Osaka and Tokyo	180	(47)
Carl Mosk
Comments on Chapter 8	223	(4)
Terry McGee
PART IV US-JAPAN RELATIONS AND THE JAPANESE ECONOMY
Equity Markets, Political Markets and the Changing Framework of US-Japanese Economic Relations	227	(18)
Gary R. Saxonhouse
Global Duopolistic Competition between Fujifilm and Kodak: Corporate Strategy and Business-Government Relations	245	(36)
Yoshi Tsurumi
Hiroki Tsurumi
Comments on Chapter 10	267	(2)
John Ries
Addendum to Chapter 10: The Kodak-Fuji Dispute, the WTO and Trade and Competition Policies	269	(12)
Kaz Masui
PART V JAPANESE BUSINESS PRACTICES
Japan's Business Groups	281	(44)
David Flath
Japanese Corporate Governance and Macroeconomic Problems	325	(39)
Randall Morck
Masao Nakamura
Comments on Chapter 12	350	(14)
Murray Frank
Environmental Issues and Japanese Firms	364	(23)
Kozo Horiuchi
Masao Nakamura
PART VI CONCLUSION
Conclusion	387	(6)
Masao Nakamura
Index	393