The Japanese Enterprise System : Competitive Strategies and Cooperative Structures

This book charts the development of the Japanese corporation since the nineteenth century. It is the only book in English to study the evolution in structure and strategy of Japan's largest 200 industrial firms. It is also the only study to consider the contemporary Japanese firm in the context of theories of the firm. -;This volume merges four streams of inquiry and interpretation in a study of the evolution and emergence of Japan's leading industrial firms during the twentieth...
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This book charts the development of the Japanese corporation since the nineteenth century. It is the only book in English to study the evolution in structure and strategy of Japan's largest 200 industrial firms. It is also the only study to consider the contemporary Japanese firm in the context of theories of the firm. -;This volume merges four streams of inquiry and interpretation in a study of the evolution and emergence of Japan's leading industrial firms during the twentieth century.First, it is a historical study of how the industrial institutions of modern Japan appeared and matured. Second, it is an organization study of the basic forms of social and economic interaction in Japan. Third, it is a development study of how circumstances of rapid technical and economic change have shaped the Japanese business system. It is also a strategy study of how Japanese managers have responded to and shaped these circumstances. -;will set the stage for the discussion of the Japanese business system and of the structures and strategies of its enterprises for many years to come - Alfred Chandler, Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus, Harvard Business School;This is the best book on Japanese industrial structure in any language. - Chalmers Johnson;a landmark of scholarship - Times Higher Education Supplement;`a landmark of scholarship' Times Higher Education Supplement - Times Higher Education Supplement