Japan's Top Management from the Inside

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Makiko Yamada

   Pages 1-16

3. The Structure of Management

   • Makiko Yamada

   Pages 17-68

4. Human Resources

   • Makiko Yamada

   Pages 69-126

5. Japan's Capital Market: Carte Blanche from the Shareholders

   • Makiko Yamada

   Pages 127-188

6. Management Benchmarks

   • Makiko Yamada

   Pages 189-248

7. Scenarios

   • Makiko Yamada

   Pages 249-290

8. Back Matter

   Pages 291-321

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A challenge to superficial and mistaken assumptions about Japan's top management among foreign businessmen, such as Japanese management's supposed long-term outlook, slow decision-making, and strong desire for new technologies. The hard facts to destroy these myths is provided, based on interviews with managers in 100 top Japanese firms. Current Japanese management practice is placed in the context of the business relations developed to rebuild the shattered economy after World War Two, and the monumental changes which took place after the crash of the bubble economy in 1992. New scenarios for Japan's future are discussed and examined.

• business
• capital
• capital market
• economy
• environment
• human resources
• management

Makiko Yamada teaches US Business History and Management at the University of Gakushuin.

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