Corporate governance in the 21st century : Japan's gradual transformation

Author(s)

• Nottage, Luke R.
• Wolff, Leon
• Anderson, Kent

Bibliographic Information

Corporate governance in the 21st century : Japan's gradual transformation

edited by Luke Nottage, Leon Wolff, Kent Anderson

（Corporations, globalisation and the law）

E. Elgar, c2008

Other Title

Corporate governance in the twenty-first century

Note

Bibliography: p. 246-278

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The 'lost decade' of economic stagnation in Japan during the 1990s has become a 'found decade' for regulatory and institutional reform. Nowhere is this more evident than in corporate law. In 2005, for example, a spate of reforms to the Commercial Code culminated in the new Company Act, a statute promising greater organisational flexibility and shareholder empowerment for Japanese corporations competing in a more globalised economy. But does this new law herald a more 'Americanised' system of corporate governance? Has Japan embraced shareholder primacy over its traditional loyalty to other key stakeholders such as 'main banks', core employees, and partners within diffuse corporate (keiretsu) groups? This book argues that a more complex 'gradual transformation' is unfolding in Japan - a process evident in many other post-industrial economies. The book brings together contributions from academics and practitioners from Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. It includes chapters on comparative corporate governance theory and methodology, lifelong employment, the main bank system, board structures, and governance issues in small and medium-sized enterprises. The procedural, substantive and FDI policy dimensions of takeover law and practice are discussed, as well as empirical changes to corporate governance practices in large, publicly listed companies during the past twenty years. The authors' rich mix of national, disciplinary and professional backgrounds allows for a broad comparative perspective on developments in Japanese corporate governance. The book will be of great interest to scholars and students of law, business, political economy and Japanese studies, and will also appeal to corporate lawyers and policymakers.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface 1. Introduction: Japan's Gradual Transformation in Corporate Governance Luke Nottage, Leon Wolff and Kent Anderson 2. Perspectives and Approaches: A Framework for Comparing Japanese Corporate Governance Luke Nottage 3. The Death of Lifelong Employment in Japan? Leon Wolff 4. Perverse Rescue in the Lost Decade: Main Banks in the Post-Bubble Era Dan W. Puchniak 5. Corporate Governance and Closely-held Companies in Japan: The Untold Story Tomoyo Matsui 6. Panacea or Placebo? An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of the Japanese Committee System Corporate Governance Law Reform Peter Lawley 7. Streamlining the Market for Corporate Control: A Takeovers Panel for Japan? Geread Dooley 8. Corporate Governance at the Coalface: Comparing Japan's Complex Case Law on Hostile Takeovers and Defensive Measures Mitsuhiro Kamiya and Tokutaka Ito 9. Open to Being Closed? Foreign Control and Adaptive Efficiency in Japanese Corporate Governance Christopher Pokarier 10. Conclusions: Japan's Largest Companies, Then and Now Souichirou Kozuka Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA88367149
• ISBN:
  • 9781847209238
• LCCN: 2008935951
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 288 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Corporate governance -- Law and legislation -- Japan
  • LCSH : Corporate governance -- Japan
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA76223811