The Entrepreneur Who Built Modern Japan : 英文版：渋沢栄一 社会企業家の先駆者.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Narum, Paul, translator.

Series:

JAPAN LIBRARY

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Shibusawa, Eiichi, 1840-1931.

Shibusawa, Eiichi.

Capitalists and financiers--Japan--Biography.

Capitalists and financiers -- Japan -- Biography.

Executives--Japan--Biography.

Executives -- Japan -- Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed

Other Title:

Entrepreneur Who Built Modern Japan

Place of Publication:

Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017.

Tokyo : 出版文化産業振興財団 (JPIC), 2017.

Language Note:

Text translated into English from Japanese.

Summary:

In this penetrating biography of Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931), one of Japan's foremost entrepreneurs, Shimada Masakazu traces Shibusawa's youth, when he witnessed the decay of Japan's feudal society and experienced the benefits of modernization at first hand in Europe; his service in the Ministry of Finance of the new Meiji government in its early years; and his venture into business and involvement in literally hundreds of companies as he set about building the roots of modern corporate Japan. Shimada also looks closely at Shibusawa's social activities and his insistence that economics and morals are inseparable. In troubled times like the present, when the limits of capitalism are being seen around the world, Shibusawa's vision is as relevant as ever.長年にわたって近代日本の実業界のリーダーとして活躍した渋沢栄一（1840－1931）。経済政策に関する積極的な提言を行う一方で，関わったおびただしい数の会社経営をどのように切り盛りしたのか。民間ビジネスの自立モデルを作り上げ、さらに社会全体の発展のために自ら行動しつづけた社会企業家の先駆者の足跡を明らかにする。.

Contents:

紙

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. From Farm Boy to Shogunate Vassal: Seeking an Outlet for His Talents

1. Eldest son of a farming family producing silk and indigo

2. Becoming a retainer to the Hitotsubashi clan

3. Participation in the Paris International Exposition of 1867: Learning about modern technology and the economic system

4. Serving the Shizuoka domain and the new government

5. What personal qualities shaped Shibusawa's career?

Chapter 2. Leader of the Meiji Business World: Developing the Mechanisms for an Open Economy

1. Establishment of the First National Bank

2. Building a system to create modern industry

3. Overall picture of the businesses in which Shibusawa was involved

4. Shibusawa's efforts to establish many companies

5. Demonstration of abilities at general shareholders' meetings

6. Shibusawa's managerial techniques from the viewpoint of capital

Chapter 3. Shibusawa's Personal Network

1. Creation of a compact business space

2. Management activities supported by a wide variety of personnel

3. Dispatch of management teams to new companies

4. Fostering the next generation of managers through Ryumonsha

5. Extended family

6. Creation of a "new Shibusawa family

Chapter 4. Politics for the Benefit of the Private Sector

1. Japan's economic policies and economic trends after the Sino-Japanese War

2. The issue of Qing Empire indemnity after the Sino-Japanese War

3. Debate about Japan's adoption of the gold standard

4. The merits and demerits of introducing foreign capital

5. Discord surrounding the argument for railway nationalization

6. Active involvement in the Railway Secured Bonds Act

7. Expectations of the private sector and frustrations

Chapter 5. Contribution to Nation Building through Social and Public Enterprises.

1. Strong interest in practical education

2. Support for private commercial schools

3. Shibusawa's contributions to social enterprises

4. Attempts to integrate ideologies and eventual frustration

5. The Cooperation Society and Shuyodan

6. The search for a new kind of labor-management relationship

Epilogue: Shibusawa's Vision of Modern Society

Further Reading

Timeline of Shibusawa Eiichi's Life

Bibliography

Index

奥付.

Notes:

"Originally published in Japanese as Shibusawa Eiichi : shakai kigyōka no senkusha by Iwanami Shoten in 2011. The original text has been revised and edited by the author for the English version"--T.p. verso

Timeline of Shibusawa Eiichi's life: p. [169]-[173]

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index

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ISBN:

4-916055-91-8

OCLC:

1236267104