Corporate governance and managerial reform in Japan [[electronic resource] /] / edited by D. Hugh Whittaker and Simon Deakin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792272003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 0-19-160982-X; 9786612383427; 1-282-38342-6; 0-19-157182-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WhittakerD. H (D. Hugh); DeakinS. F (Simon F.)
• Disciplina: 658.400952
• Soggetti: Corporate governance - Japan; Industrial management - Japan; Boards of directors - Japan; Corporations - Investor relations - Japan; Corporation law - Japan
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. On a Different Path? The Managerial Reshaping of Japanese Corporate Governance; 2. In the Shadow of Corporate Governance Reform: Change and Continuity in Managerial Practice at Listed Companies in Japan; 3. Takeovers and Corporate Governance: Three Years of Tensions; 4. Foreign Investors and Corporate Governance in Japan; 5. Japan's Conversion to Investor Capitalism; 6. Managers and Corporate Governance Reform in Japan: Restoring Self-Confidence or Shareholder Revolution?; 7. Whose Company Is It? Changing CEO Ideology in Japan8. Changes in Japan's Practice-Dependent Stakeholder Model and Employee-Centered Corporate Governance; 9. Management Innovation at Toshiba: The Introduction of the Company with Committees System; 10. Corporate Governance, Institutions, and the Spirits of Capitalism; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Japanese corporate governance and managerial practice is at a critical juncture. At the start of the decade pressures mounted for Japan to move to a shareholder-value driven, 'Anglo-American' system of corporate governance. Subsequent changes, however, may be seen as an adjustment and renewal of the post-war model of the Japanese firm. In adapting to global corporate governance standards, Japanese managers have also been reshaping them according to their own agenda of reform andrestructuring of decision-making processes.The board's role is seen in terms of strategic planning rather than monito