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Inspired by the recent works on the history of capitalism, this history of business shows that the Japanese company was not the product of a unique national culture.
List of contents
- 1: Continuity, Discontinuity, and Change: Tracing the roots of capitalism and entrepreneurship in the Tokugawa Period
- 2: Capitalism and Entrepreneurship in the Meiji Period (1868-1912): Public sector
- 3: Capitalism and Entrepreneurship in the Meiji Period (1868-1912): Private entrepreneurs
- 4: Industrial Capitalism in a Changing Social and Geopolitical Environment (1895-1930)
- 5: The Role of Foreign Companies (1895-1930)
- 6: Empire, War, and Business
- 7: Business During the Occupation Period: Continuity and Change
- 8: The “Japanese Miracle”
- 9: Business and Consumerism in the High and Stable Growth Periods
- 10: The Bubble Economy and its Aftermath
- 11: Global Competition during the Lost Decades
- 12: Rebooting Global Competitiveness in Post-3.11 Japan
About the author
Pierre-Yves Donzé is a Professor of Business History at Osaka University (Japan), and a Visiting Professor at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and at EM Normandie Business School (France). He is a member of the council of the European Business History Association and a co-editor of Business History. His research focuses on the history of the dynamics of global competition in a broad range of industries, from luxury and fashion to healthcare and food. He has published numerous articles in international journals of business history, international business, and history.
Julia S. Yongue is a Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Hosei University in Tokyo, Japan, where she teaches courses on Japanese capitalism, entrepreneurship, society, and the environment. Her current research intersects the history of business and medicine, and focuses on how health policy has influenced the development of the Japanese pharmaceutical industry since the late nineteenth century.
Summary
Inspired by the recent works on the history of capitalism, this history of business shows that the Japanese company was not the product of a unique national culture.
