Inside Japanese business : a narrative history, 1960-2000 /

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Author / Creator:Ohtsu, Makoto, 1939-
Imprint:Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2002.
Description:xxviii, 459 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Nanzan University academic publication series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4681911
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Other authors / contributors:Imanari, Tomio, 1938-
ISBN:0765607816 (alk. paper)
Notes:"An east gate book."
"Serialized in the Japanese economy : translations and studies, vol. 27, nos. 2-6"--Verso t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-449) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Members of the Research Team
  • Prologue
  • Part I. Conceptual Framework
  • 1. The Convergence-Divergence Debate and Japanese Management
  • 2. Characteristics of Japanese Business and Management
  • 3. Japanese National Values and Confucianism
  • Part II. Period of High Economic Growth (1962-1973)
  • 4. General Environment
  • 5. Industry-Specific Environment
  • 6. Career Entry
  • 7. Career Formulation
  • 8. Overseas Assignments
  • Summary to Part II
  • Part III. Period between Two Oil Crises: A Period of Change (1974-1980)
  • 9. General Environment
  • 10. Industry-Specific Environment
  • 11. Career Progress
  • 12. Overseas Assignments
  • 13. Lives of Alumnae
  • Summary to Part III
  • Part IV. Period of Stable Economic Growth to the Bubble Economy (1981-1990)
  • 14. General Environment
  • 15. Industry-Specific Environment
  • 16. Career Progress and Change
  • 17. Overseas Assignments
  • 18. Work Lives of Alumnae; Summary to Part IV
  • Part V. Post Bubble Period (1991-2000)
  • 19. General Environment
  • 20. Industry-Specific Environment
  • 21. Top-Level Decision Making
  • 22. Late Career Diversity; Summary to Part V
  • Part VI. Contemporary Views on Japanese Society and Management
  • 23. Continuity and Change in Japanese Values and Society
  • 24. Change of Japanese-Style Management
  • Conclusions: From Developmental Capitalism to Globalism?
  • Bibliography
  • Index