04197oam 2200721I 450 991078432420332120230617005030.01-135-78926-61-135-78927-41-280-23162-997866102316210-203-64274-010.4324/9780203642740 (CKB)1000000000351398(EBL)200900(OCoLC)252730129(SSID)ssj0000254930(PQKBManifestationID)11229335(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254930(PQKBWorkID)10213130(PQKB)11357599(MiAaPQ)EBC200900(Au-PeEL)EBL200900(CaPaEBR)ebr10162919(CaONFJC)MIL23162(EXLCZ)99100000000035139820180331d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSystemic change in the Japanese and German economies convergence and differentiation as a dual challenge /edited by Werner PaschaLondon ;New York :Routledge/Curzon,2004.1 online resource (259 p.)English-language series of the Institute of Asian Affairs, HamburgDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-65215-4 0-7007-1634-3 Includes bibliographical references.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 CENTER6. 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 GERMANY11. COPING WITH MARKET RIGIDITIES IN GERMANY AND JAPAN12. THE CHANGING ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONALISATION AND GLOBALISATION-A JAPAN-EUROPE COMPARISONShould 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 chanEnglish-language series of the Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg.Corporate governanceJapanCorporate governanceGermanyComparative advantage (International trade)GlobalizationJapanEconomic conditions1989-GermanyEconomic conditions1990-Corporate governanceCorporate governanceComparative advantage (International trade)Globalization.330.943Pascha Werner1568582FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910784324203321Systemic change in the Japanese and German economies3840802UNINA