Books in the Japan Business and Economics Series series

This book contains a concise critical survey of economic theories of the firm leading into an exposition of how real firms function in the real world when knowledge cannot be complete or unambiguous. It explores how a firm's decision-makers process information to construct a vision as a basis for future action.

The book describes why in the past twenty-five years Japanese productivity, that is, the amount of output per worker, has been growing more rapidly than productivity in the United States.

This is a contributed book on the extensive system of network connections between firms, and within firms, in Asia, especially in Japan. The contributors in this volume intend to contribute new ideas and data to an understanding of the importance of networks to the success of firms in the Pacific Rim.

Since the 1980s, Japanese firms have challenged US dominance in many manufacturing industries; increasingly in the form of transplant operations. This text offers case studies and surveys to explain the process of transferring and transforming the best Japanese Management Systems (JMS).

This monograph study of Japan's industrial development focuses on the role of entrepreneurship in adopting more advanced Western technology and in innovating new technologies and developing human resources according to its changing organizational needs.

This volume brings together the research of many of the world's leading specialists on the Japanese economy to assess how Japan's distinctive economic institutions have operated in the past and how their evolution in the face of changing domestic and international circumstance s will shape the prospects for the Japanese economy in the 21st century.

Dore traces the debates that ensue on corporate governance, on worker rights, on supplier relations, on cartels and anti-trust, on pensions and welfare. He also analyses actual changes in economic behaviour. These accounts of the battle for the national soul in Japan and Germany contribute to the 'diversity of capitalism' debate.

Japan's rise from defeat in World War II to its position as one of the world's foremost economies is the focus of this volume. It examines the origins of the Japanese economic system, and argues that the special features of the Japanese system were all deliberately created during militarization.

Explores the expansion of Japanese multinational firms into Asia. This book reports on a range of topics including reasons for moving manufacturing to other countries, technology transfer within firms, the impact of Japanese management practices in other Asia countries, and competition between Japanese and American firms in Asia.

This book provides a range of empirical studies on how Japanese and US firms manage critical aspects of technology development and deployment. Among the industries discussed are electronics, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles. Almost all of the research has not been previously published.

This book brings together research on the spread of Japanese multinational firms around the World. The authors examine how Japanese managers adapt management styles and manufacturing processes to workers in other countries.

Intended for academics and managers, this volume covers the cross-cultural diffusion of Japanese and US work practices.

This text examines the effect that a reduced role of government regulation in Japanese industry is having on the openness of Japanese markets to foreign competition. It argues that Japanese trade associations have adopted self-regulation policies, setting and enforcing their own rules.

Technology is a key factor in global industrial competition, and Japan's national system of technological innovation has been vital to the economic success of the country since World War II. This book examines the historical development of the system, including the influence of the public sector.