Japanese Success? British Failure? - Comparisons in Business Performance Since 1945

Zusatztext This study downplays difference in the recent economic growth of the two nations! while providing fresh insights into the development of each. Well written and very capably edited! this study should be of considerable interest to scholars in the fields of business and economic history. - M. Blackford in CHOICE Sept.1998 - Vol.36. No.1 Klappentext This important study of Japanese and British performance 1945-95 uses a comparative perspective to shed new light on the components of the Japanese post-war economic miracle. Contributions on government-industry relations, management, education, and finance provide penetrating insights into the essential ingredients of international competitiveness and corporate performance, reining simplistic notions of Japanese `success' and British `failure'. Zusammenfassung This study uses a comparative perspective to discuss Japanese business success since the mid-1950s. By looking at the key components of international competitiveness in Japan and Britain, light is shed on the secrets of Japanese growth and allegations of British "failure" are refined.

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• Authors: Etsuo Abe, Etsuo (Professor Abe, Etsuo Gourvish Abe, T.r. Abe Gourvish, GOURVISH T R ABE ETSUO
• Assisted by: Etsuo Abe (Editor), Etsuo (Professor Abe (Editor), Etsuo Abé (Editor), Abe Etsuo (Editor), Terrry Gourvish (Editor), Terrry (Director Gourvish (Editor), Terry Gourvish (Editor), Gourvish Terrry (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1997
• EAN: 9780198290582
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829058-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Japan, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, International business, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Industry & industrial studies, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Industry and industrial studies