Institutional change in Japan / / edited by Magnus Blomstrom and Sumner La Croix

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.30952; 330.952/05
• Soggetto topico: Institutional economics
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Economic policy; Japan Economic conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BlomstromMagnus <1952-> La CroixSumner J. <1954->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Institutional change in Japan
• ISBN: 1-134-18056-X; 1-134-18057-8; 1-280-52206-2; 9786610522064; 0-203-96881-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910348237403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian economics & business series ; ; 8.