Systemic change in the Japanese and German economies : convergence and differentiation as a dual challenge / / edited by Werner Pascha

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784324203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge/Curzon, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-135-78926-6; 1-135-78927-4; 1-280-23162-9; 9786610231621; 0-203-64274-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Collana: English-language series of the Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg
• Altri autori (Persone): PaschaWerner
• Disciplina: 330.943
• Soggetti: Corporate governance - Japan; Corporate governance - Germany; Comparative advantage (International trade); Globalization; Japan Economic conditions 1989-; Germany Economic conditions 1990-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; TABLES AND FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. SYSTEMIC CHANGE, CONVERGENCE, AND INSTITUTIONAL CHOICE-AN INTRODUCTION AND A SUMMARY; 2. JAPANESE THEORY OF INDUSTRIALIZATION/MODERNIZATION: BETWEEN LIBERALISM AND DEVELOPMENTATLISM; 3. THE EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON INSTITUTIONAL DIVERGENCE AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; 4. A COMPARATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF JAPANESE COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEMS; 5. EVOLUTION SPATIAL SELF-ORGANIZATION AND PATH DEPENDENCE: TOKYO'S ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER; 6. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN GERMAN AND JAPANESE MANUFACTURING FIRMS: STRATEGIC REORIENTATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETITIVENESS7. JAPANESE ; AND GERMAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN TRANSITION: FORCES OF CHANGE AND PERSISTENCE; 8. THE JAPANESE FIRMS' PURCHASING SYSTEM: STRATEGIC AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF THE 80s AND 90s; 9. IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS: WHAT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONVERGENCE PRODUCTION SYSTEM BY INTERNATIONAL RULES?; 10. FLEXIBLE RIGIDITIES AND REDUNDANT CAPACITIES: LIBERALIZATION OF EMPLOYMENT IN JAPAN AND GERMANY; 11. COPING WITH MARKET RIGIDITIES IN GERMANY AND JAPAN12. THE CHANGING ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONALISATION AND GLOBALISATION-A JAPAN-EUROPE COMPARISON
• Sommario/riassunto: Should Japan and Germany strive to restructure their institutional fabric and arrangements to make them more similar to Anglo-American standards? Where will systemic change lead? This book offers fresh insights by collecting Japanese and German contributions to this scholarly discussion both from theoretical and empirical viewpoints. A major conclusion of several papers is that the forces of differentiation are frequently underestimated. Important thematic issues include: contingency, path dependence and complementarity. Examinations of economic globalisation and rapidity of technological chan