LEADER 03144 am 22006373u 450 001 9910348237403321 005 20170810184107.0 010 $a1-134-18056-X 010 $a1-134-18057-8 010 $a1-280-52206-2 010 $a9786610522064 010 $a0-203-96881-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203968819 035 $a(CKB)1000000000359276 035 $a(EBL)268648 035 $a(OCoLC)275269523 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000180046 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11177672 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000180046 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10148199 035 $a(PQKB)10813536 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC268648 035 $a(OCoLC)71272139 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000359276 100 $a20180331d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInstitutional change in Japan /$fedited by Magnus Blomstrom and Sumner La Croix 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aEuropean Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian economics & business series ;$v8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-65519-6 311 $a0-415-38015-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface; Introduction; 1 Institutional change in Japan; 2 Institutional change in Meiji Japan; 3 Institutional reform in Japan and Korea; 4 A lost decade for Japanese corporate governance reform?; 5 Japan's economic and financial stagnation in the 1990s and reluctance to change; 6 Japanese lifetime employment; 7 The Japanese labor movement and institutional reform; 8 The changing pattern of Amakudari appointments; 9 Divorce in Japan; Index 330 $aThis is a new analysis of recent changes in important Japanese institutions. It addresses the origin, development, and recent adaptation of core institutions, including financial institutions, corporate governance, lifetime employment, and the amakudari system.After four decades of rapid economic growth in Japan, the 1990s saw the country enter a prolonged period of economic stagnation. Policy reforms were initially half-hearted, and businesses were slow to restructure as the global economy changed. The lagging economy has been impervious to aggressive fiscal stimulus measures and ha 410 0$aEuropean Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian economics & business series ;$v8. 606 $aInstitutional economics 607 $aJapan$xEconomic policy 607 $aJapan$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInstitutional economics. 676 $a306.30952 676 $a330.952/05 701 $aBlomstrom$b Magnus$f1952-$0375503 701 $aLa Croix$b Sumner J.$f1954-$0974334 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910348237403321 996 $aInstitutional change in Japan$92273929 997 $aUNINA