LEADER 04197oam 2200721I 450 001 9910784324203321 005 20230617005030.0 010 $a1-135-78926-6 010 $a1-135-78927-4 010 $a1-280-23162-9 010 $a9786610231621 010 $a0-203-64274-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203642740 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351398 035 $a(EBL)200900 035 $a(OCoLC)252730129 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000254930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11229335 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10213130 035 $a(PQKB)11357599 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200900 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200900 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162919 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL23162 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351398 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSystemic change in the Japanese and German economies $econvergence and differentiation as a dual challenge /$fedited by Werner Pascha 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge/Curzon,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 225 1 $aEnglish-language series of the Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-65215-4 311 $a0-7007-1634-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBOOK 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 CENTER 327 $a6. 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 GERMANY 327 $a11. COPING WITH MARKET RIGIDITIES IN GERMANY AND JAPAN12. THE CHANGING ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONALISATION AND GLOBALISATION-A JAPAN-EUROPE COMPARISON 330 $aShould Japan and Germany strive to restructure their institutional fabric and arrangements to make them more similar to Anglo-American standards? Where will systemic change lead? This book offers fresh insights by collecting Japanese and German contributions to this scholarly discussion both from theoretical and empirical viewpoints. A major conclusion of several papers is that the forces of differentiation are frequently underestimated. Important thematic issues include: contingency, path dependence and complementarity. Examinations of economic globalisation and rapidity of technological chan 410 0$aEnglish-language series of the Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg. 606 $aCorporate governance$zJapan 606 $aCorporate governance$zGermany 606 $aComparative advantage (International trade) 606 $aGlobalization 607 $aJapan$xEconomic conditions$y1989- 607 $aGermany$xEconomic conditions$y1990- 615 0$aCorporate governance 615 0$aCorporate governance 615 0$aComparative advantage (International trade) 615 0$aGlobalization. 676 $a330.943 701 $aPascha$b Werner$01568582 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784324203321 996 $aSystemic change in the Japanese and German economies$93840802 997 $aUNINA