Japanese Management: The Search for a New Balance between Continuity and Change [Hardcover]

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.List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Foreword; I.Hijiya-Kirschnereit The Current State of the Japanese Economy and Challenges for Japanese Management: An Overview; M.Pudelko & R.Haak Continuity through Change in Japanese Management: Institutional and Strategic Influences; D.Meth? Organizational Survival; R.J.Ballon The Long Road to Globalization: In Search of a New Balance between Continuity and Change in Japanese MNCs; S.L.Beechler Innovation for Whom?; R.Dore Organizational Learning Mechanisms for Corporate Revitalization; Y.Teramoto & C.Benton Corporate Governance and Law Reform in Japan: From the Lost Decade to the End of History?; L.Nottage & L.Wolff A Perfect Financial Storm; J.C.Abegglen Japanese Human Resource Management: From Being a Miracle to Needing One?; M.Pudelko Japanese Production Management: Organizational Learning at the Confluence of Knowledge Transfer, Technology Development and Work Organization; R.Haak Continuity vs. Change: The Key Dilemma for Japanese Management: M.Pudelko IndexJAMES 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 Econoló,