The Japanese Business and Economic System

Emerging from ten years of post-bubble recession, the Japanese business and economic system will need to enter a period of radical restructuring in order to return to the growth of former years and maintain its influential position in the development of new technologies. Japan's choices for the future will have a major impact on its global trading partners. In this edited collection of papers, an international range of contributors discuss the fundamental issues faced by the Japanese business and economic system from historical, analytical and empirical perspectives. Their conclusions combine to present a view of the path Japan should take to restore its economy to optimal growth in the 21st century, and show how this path will affect global markets.

'As a broad-brush survey it looks fascinating.' - Andrea Boltho, Pacific Affairs

WERNER ANTWEILER Assistant Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, Canada MUKESH ESWARAN Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia, Canada DAVID FLATH Professor of Economics, North Carolina State University, USA MURRAY FRANK Associate Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia Canada ROBERT HART Professor of Economics, University of Stirling, UK MASANORI HASHIMOTO Professor and Chairperson, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, USA TAKABUMI HAYASHI Professor of International Business, Rikkyo University, Japan KEITH HEAD HSBC Bank of Canada Professor in Asian Commerce, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, Canada SUSAN HELPER Associate Professor of Economics, Case Western Reserve University, USA KOZO HORIUCHI Professor and Dean, Faculty of Humanity and Environment, Hosei University, Japan TAKAO KATO Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Colgate University, USA YUKIHIKO KIYOKAWA Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan KASUHITO MASUI Professor in Residence, Davis & Company, Vancouver, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Kokushikan University, Japan TERRY MCGEE Professor, Department of Geography and former Director, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada RANDALL MORCK Jarislowsky Distinguished Professor of Finance, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta, USA CARL MOSK Professor of Economics, University of Victoria, Canada TAKANOBU NAKAJIMA Associate Professor of Business and Commerce, Keio University, Japan MASAO NAKAMURA Professor, Faculties of Commerce and Business Administration and of Applied Science; Konwakai Japan Research Chair and Director, Centre for Japanese Research, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada JOHN RIES HSBC Bank of Canada Professor in Asian Business, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, Canada GARY SAXONHOUSE Professor of Economics, University of Michigan, USA HIROKI TSURUMI Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, USA YOSHI TSURUMI Professor of International Business, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA TERI URSACKI Associate Professor of Management, University of Calgary, Canada KANJI YOSHIOKA Professor and Director, Keio Economic Observatory, Keio University, Japan