Japanese Management in the Low Growth Era

Chapter 1 Managing in a Low Growth Era-The End of Managerial Idiosyncrasies?

Chapter 2 Japanese Management Practices in Historical Perspective

Chapter 3 Externalization of Organizations and the Dual Governance Structure

Chapter 4 Role of Inter-organizational Networks: The Case of Japanese Corporate Groups

Chapter 5 Commentary

Chapter 6 Modes of Corporate Internationalization: Japanese FDI Strategies in Asia-Pacific

Chapter 7 Japanese Companies in Europe: Their Strategies and Management Practices

Chapter 8 Commentary

Chapter 9 Presidential Turnover and Performance in the Japanese Firm: The Evolution and Change of the Contingent Governance Structure under the Main Bank System

Chapter 10 Corporate Pension Schemes, Corporate Pension Governance, and State (De-) Regulation in Japan

Chapter 11 After Quasi-LBO Discipline: A Historical Reflection on Japanese Corporate Governance

Chapter 12 Commentary

Chapter 13 Recession and Globalization: What Future for Japanese Industrial Keiretsu?

Chapter 14 A Changing Image of Japanese Small Entrepreneurs

Chapter 15 Commentary

Chapter 16 Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms Undergoing Transition: A Hierarchical Approach

Chapter 17 Commentary

Chapter 18 Limits and Latitude of Labour Adjustment Strategies in Japanese Companies

Chapter 19 Commentary

Chapter 20 Flexible Employment in Japanese Retailing: Toward a Just-in-time Employment Management

Chapter 21 Commentary

Chapter 22 Japanese Corporate R&D in the 1990s: Change and Continuity

Chapter 23 Commentary

Chapter 24 The Phase Variety of Product Systems and System-Based Differentiation: An Alternative View on Organizational Capabilities of the Japanese Firm for Product Innovation

Chapter 25 Commentary

Chapter 26 Transformation of the Japanese Management System: A Contingency View

Chapter 27 Will Japanese and French “Exceptionalisms” Vanish? The Convergence Hypothesis Reconsidered