Anatomy of Japanese Business

This volume collects eleven essays written by Japanese experts on various aspects of Japanese business management and is a sequel to the volume Industry and Business in Japan. It examines the mechanisms for Japan's phenomenal economic growth since the Second World War by analyzing Japanese management, business groups, production systems and business strategy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Mechanistic vs Organic Management Systems: A Comparative Study of Adaptive Patterns of American and Japanese Firms 2. The Growth of Firms in Japan: An Empirical Study of Chief Executives 3. Structural Uniformity and Cultural Diversity in Organizations: A Comparative Study of Factories in Britain, Japan and Sweden 4. The Structure of Managerial Control: Who Own and Controls Japanese Business? 5. Interfirm Relations in an Enterprise Group: The Case of Mitsubishi 6. How the Toyota Production System was Created. 7. Quality Control in Japan: The Case of Fuji Xerox 8. Productivity and Quality Control: Case Studies 9. The Grand Strategy of Japanese Business 10. Diversification Strategies and Economic Performance 11. General Comparison of Financial Characteristics Between Merging and Nonmerging Firms in Japan

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Kazuo Sato

Zusammenfassung

This volume collects eleven essays written by Japanese experts on various aspects of Japanese business management and is a sequel to the volume Industry and Business in Japan. It examines the mechanisms for Japan’s phenomenal economic growth since the Second World War by analyzing Japanese management, business groups, production systems and business strategy.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kazuo Sato, Kazuo (Nagoya University) Sato
• Mitarbeit: Kazuo Sato (Herausgeber), Sato Kazuo (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.06.2013
• EAN: 9780415850957
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85095-7
• Seiten: 384
• Serien: Routledge Library Editions: Japan; Routledge Library Editions: Japan
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Internationale Wirtschaft; Japan, Economics, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, REFERENCE / General, Business & management, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General