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Japanese Management

The Search for a New Balance between Continuity and Change

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  1. René Haak
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  2. Markus Pudelko
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Current State of the Japanese Economy and Challenges for Japanese Management: An Overview

      • Markus Pudelko, RenĂ© Haak
      Pages 3-18

  3. Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Continuity through Change in Japanese Management: Institutional and Strategic Influences

      • David MethĂ©
      Pages 21-54

    3. Organizational Survival

      • Robert J. Ballon
      Pages 55-77

    4. The Long Road to Globalization: In Search of a New Balance between Continuity and Change in Japanese MNCs

      • Schon L. Beechler
      Pages 78-96

    5. Innovation for Whom?

      • Ronald Dore
      Pages 97-115

    6. Organizational Learning Mechanisms for Corporate Revitalization

      • Yoshiya Teramoto, Caroline Benton
      Pages 116-132

    7. Corporate Governance and Law Reform in Japan: From the Lost Decade to the End of History?

      • Luke Nottage, Leon Wolff
      Pages 133-166

    8. A Perfect Financial Storm

      • James C. Abegglen
      Pages 167-183

    9. Japanese Human Resource Management: From Being a Miracle to Needing One?

      • Markus Pudelko
      Pages 184-212

    10. Japanese Production Management: Organizational Learning at the Confluence of Knowledge Transfer, Technology Development and Work Organization

      • RenĂ© Haak
      Pages 213-237

  4. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Continuity versus Change: The Key Dilemma for Japanese Management

      • Markus Pudelko
      Pages 241-252

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 253-267
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About this book

Japanese management is currently considered to be in crisis. This book analyzes the degree to which the Japanese management model is changing, in order to regain its competitiveness. It brings together up-to-date research on this important topic by a number of the best known American, Asian and European scholars of Japanese management. A broad variety of management areas such as strategy, corporate governance, globalization, organization, finance, HRM, production, innovation, organizational learning and retailing is covered.

About the authors

JAMES C. ABEGGLEN Chairman, Asia Advisory Service K.K., Japan ROBERT BALLON Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Japan SCHON L. BEECHLER Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, USA CAROLINE BENTON Professor, MBA Programme, University of Wales, UK RONALD DORE Associate, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, UK DAVID METHÉ Associate Professor, Faculty of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Japan LUKE NOTTAGE Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney, Australia, Co-Director, Australian Network for Japanese Law YOSHIYA TERAMOTO Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Japan LEON WOLFF Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New South Wales, Australia, Co-Director, Australian Network for Japanese Law.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Japanese Management

  • Book Subtitle: The Search for a New Balance between Continuity and Change

  • Editors: RenĂ© Haak, Markus Pudelko

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523289

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-4194-7Published: 01 November 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52112-8Published: 01 November 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-52328-9Published: 01 November 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 267

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Management, Asian Culture, International Economics

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