Comparative Responses to Globalization [electronic resource] : Experiences of British and Japanese Enterprises /
Umemura, M.editor.
Fujioka, R.editor.
Explores how British and Japanese firms have responded to globalization from a long-term perspective. Incorporates studies from the 18th century and sheds light on the impact of the institutional setting, the influence of government and entrepreneurs, and the weight of historical contingency in conditioning firm responses to globalization.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Notes on Conventions; 1 Introduction - Comparative Perspectives on Globalization: Historical Reflections on British and Japanese Enterprises; 2 An Empire of Goods? Groceries in Eighteenth-Century England; 3 Globalization and Voluntary Consensus Standardization in the British Wire Industry, 1880; 4 The City of London, British Ethnic and National Identities, and Investment Decisions in the Anglophone New World, 1860-1914
5 The Genesis of Modern Management of Technology: The Case of the Meiji Cotton Spinning Sector in Globalization, 1880s-1890s6 Globalization and Family Business: The Renewal of Idemitsu Kosan, 1990s-2000s; 7 Jute, Firm's Survival, and British Industrial Policy: Government Action under Globalization; 8 Emerging Market Strategies in Compact Vehicles: The Case of Japanese Automakers; 9 The Pressures of Globalization in Retail: The Path of Japanese Department Stores, 1930s-1980s; 10 Globalization and Change in the Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry, 1990-2010
11 The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Challenges in an Era of Globalization; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Explores how British and Japanese firms have responded to globalization from a long-term perspective. Incorporates studies from the 18th century and sheds light on the impact of the institutional setting, the influence of government and entrepreneurs, and the weight of historical contingency in conditioning firm responses to globalization.
International business enterprises.
Globalization.
Markets.
Economic history.
Economics.
Management science.
International economics.
International Business.
Emerging Markets/Globalization.
Economic History.
Economics, general.
Globalization.
International Economics.