Innovation and Change in Japanese Management [electronic resource] /
Haghirian, P.editor.
'Innovation and Change in Japanese Management' shows which transformation processes and changes can be observed in Japanese companies in reaction to the economic challenges of the past decade. The book presents new research results and investigates the variety of changes that Japanese corporations and managers have experienced in recent years.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction: Japanese Management in the 21st Century; Part I: Restructuring Japan - Theoretical Foundations; 1 Restructuring of Japanese Enterprises - Programs for a Special Institutional Environment; 2 Rigidity and Change in the Japanese Venture Economy; 3 The Attitude Toward Risk in Japanese Management; Part II: Inside the New J-Firm; 4 Lifelong Employment, Labor Law and the Lost Decade: The End of a Job for Life in Japan?; 5 Vocational Education and Training in Japan - Recent Trends
6 Going Global? Strategizing Ideology and Practice in a Japanese Subsidiary7 The Long Path Toward Gender Equality in Japan: The Revision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Its Implementation; 8 Innovation in Japanese HRM: Are Japanese Companies Adopting the Pay for Performance Principle?; Part III: Innovation and Knowledge Management; 9 Innovation and the Patenting of Knowledge in Japanese Corporations; 10 Nonaka Revisited: Can Japanese Companies Sustain Their Knowledge Management Processes in the 21st Century?; Part IV: Internationalization Processes
11 Japanese Corporate Strategies in Emerging Markets: From China-centered Trade and Investment to Diversified InternationalizationIndex
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Innovation and Change in Japanese Management' shows which transformation processes and changes can be observed in Japanese companies in reaction to the economic challenges of the past decade. The book presents new research results and investigates the variety of changes that Japanese corporations and managers have experienced in recent years.
Knowledge management.
International business enterprises.
Management.
International economics.
Banks and banking.
Knowledge Management.
International Business.
Management.
International Economics.
Banking.