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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807812203321

Titolo

The anatomy of Japanese business / / edited with an introduction by Kazuo Sato and Yasuo Hoshino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1984, 2011

ISBN

1-136-91013-1

1-136-91014-X

1-283-03846-3

9786613038463

0-203-84305-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions.Japan ; ; v. 16

Altri autori (Persone)

HoshinoYasuo

SatoKazuo <1927->

Disciplina

650.0952

658.00952

658/.00952

Soggetti

Corporations - Japan

Industrial management - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1984.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THE ANATOMY OF JAPANESE BUSINESS; INTRODUCTION; I: MANAGEMENT; 1 MECHANISTIC VS. ORGANIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ADAPTIVE PATTERNS OF AMERICAN AND JAPANESE FIRMS; 2 THE GROWTH OF FIRMS IN JAPAN: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES; 3 STRUCTURAL UNIFORMITY AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FACTORIES IN BRITAIN, JAPAN, AND SWEDEN; II: BUSINESS GROUPS; 4 THE STRUCTURE OF MANAGERIAL CONTROL: WHO OWNS AND CONTROLS JAPANESE BUSINESSES?

5 INTERFIRM RELATIONS IN AN ENTERPRISE GROUP: THE CASE OF MITSUBISHIIII: PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; 6 HOW THE TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM WAS CREATED; 7 QUALITY CONTROL IN JAPAN: THE CASE OF FUJI XEROX; 8 PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY CONTROL:



CASE STUDIES; IV: STRATEGY; 9 THE GRAND STRATEGY OF JAPANESE BUSINESS; 10 DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; 11 GENERAL COMPARISON OF FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN MERGING AND NONMERGING FIRMS IN JAPAN; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

This volume collects eleven essays written by Japanese experts on various aspects of Japanese business management and is a sequel to the volume Industry and Business in Japan. It examines the mechanisms for Japan's phenomenal economic growth since the Second World War by analyzing Japanese management, business groups, production systems and business strategy.