Business enterprise in Japan : views of leading Japanese economists

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Business enterprise in Japan : views of leading Japanese economists

edited by Kenichi Imai and Ryutaro Komiya ; translation edited and introduced by Ronald Dore and Hugh Whittaker

MIT Press, c1994

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Bibliography: p. [387]-408

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Is capitalism everywhere driven by the same logic of market forces, contract, and individualistic motivation? Or is Japan different? These eighteen contributions by leading Japanese economists shed light on a number of issues in this increasingly important debate. The variety of perspectives and the range of firms covered-not only the large industrial corporation but cooperatives, public enterprises, and mutual life insurance companies as well-provide a broad overview that few other books on Japanese business can offer. In a new introduction to this English-language edition, Ronald Dore and Hugh Whittaker identify and summarize the salient themes and sharpen the points discussed. Chapters are grouped into five parts:- Part I identifies characteristics of the typical Japanese firm and the enterprise system.- Part II examines interfirm behavior such as trading, subcontracting, and cross-shareholding in enterprise groups.- Part III describes general firm behavior: how businesses invest in research, equipment, and product development.- Part IV takes a look at the employment system-specifically, competition, deployment of human resources, and the traditional bonus system (a particularly significant feature of Japanese firms that differentiates them from their Western counterparts).- Finally, part V looks at specific kinds of firms: cooperatives, public utilities, and life insurance companies.

目次

  • Part 1 The firm: characteristics of Japanese firms, Kenichi Imai and Ryutaro Komiya
  • toward an economic model of the Japanese firm, Masahiko Aoki
  • the "Human-capital-ism" of the Japanese firm as an integrated system, Hiroyuki Itami
  • the provision of resources and barriers to exit, Tadao Kagono and Takao Kobayashi. Part 2 Intercorporate relations: interfirm relations and long-term continuous trading, Motoshige Ito
  • enterprise groups, Kenichi Imai
  • subcontracting relationships - the automobile industry, Yoshiro Miwa. Part 3 Enterprise behaviour: organizational structure and behaviour in research and development, Ryuhei Wakasugi
  • profitability and competitiveness, Hiroyuki Odagari
  • plant and equipment investment, Yoshiyasu Ono and Hiroshi Yoshikawa
  • product development and innovation, Ikujiro Nonaka. Part 4 Human resources: the employment system and human resource management, Kazutoshi Koshiro
  • intellectual skills and long-term competition, Kazuo Koike
  • in the determinants of bonuses and basic wages in large Japanese firms, Isao Ohashi. Part 5 Public and co-operative enterprises: the privatization of public enterprises - background and results, Masu Uekusa
  • public utilities - the gas and electric power utilities, Tetsuya Kishimoto
  • the co-operative as a business enterprise, Naomi Saeki
  • the life insurance company as a business enterprise, Ryutaro Komiya.

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