The business reinvention of Japan : how to make sense of the new Japan and why it matters / Ulrike Schaede.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaede, Ulrike, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate reorganizations--Japan.

Corporate reorganizations.

Japan--Economic conditions--1989-.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, [2020]

Summary:

After two decades of reinvention, Japanese companies are re-emerging as major players in the new digital economy. They have responded to the rise of China and new global competition by moving upstream into critical deep-tech inputs and advanced materials and components. This new "aggregate niche strategy" has made Japan the technology anchor for many global supply chains. Although the end products do not carry a "Japan Inside" label, Japan plays a pivotal role in our everyday lives across many critical industries. This book is an in-depth exploration of current Japanese business strategies that make Japan the world's third-largest economy and an economic leader in Asia. To accomplish their reinvention, Japan's largest companies are building new processes of breakthrough innovation. Central to this book is how they are addressing the necessary changes in organizational design, internal management processes, employment, and corporate governance. Because Japan values social stability and economic equality, this reinvention is happening slowly and methodically, and has gone largely unnoticed by Western observers. Yet, Japan's more balanced model of "caring capitalism" is both competitive and transformative, and more socially responsible than the unbridled growth approach of the United States.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1. INTRODUCTION: The Reinvention

2. THE SETTING

3. THE BACKGROUND

4. THE CORE CONCEPT

5. THE IMPACT Japan’s Role in Global Business

6. MANAGEMENT CHANGE

7. FINANCIAL MARKETS

8. MANAGING THE REINVENTION

9. EMPLOYMENT AND INNOVATION

10. JAPAN GOING FORWARD

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503612365

1503612368

OCLC:

1198929287