1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792272003321

Titolo

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

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828639703321

Titolo

Development, environment and sustainable livelihood / / edited by Soumyendra Kishore Datta and Atanu Sengupta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6903-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Disciplina

361.61091724

Soggetti

Environmental policy - Developing countries

Sustainable development - Government policy - Developing countries

Sustainable development - Research - Developing countries

Developing countries Social policy

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SECTION A; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; SECTION B; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; SECTION C; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; SECTION D; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX



Sommario/riassunto

This book is the outcome of an international conference held in the Department of Economics, Burdwan University, in 2013. The major part of the conference had been related to development, environment and livelihood issues which are also in some way linked to the theme of the ongoing DRS project in the Department, pertaining to issues on rural livelihood. The achievement of higher economic growth is one of the principal objectives of current government policies, and involves intensive resourc...