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Intro -- PREFACE -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- I. HOW IT WORKS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. The Firm as a Collection of Human Resources -- 1.2. Growth Preference and Competition: Two Key Concepts -- 1.3. Competition: Alternative Concepts -- 1.4. Japanese Management as Viewed in Past Studies -- 1.5. The Plan of the Book -- 2. OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Pattern of Share Ownership -- 2.3. The Influence of Financial Institutions and Inter-Company Shareholdings -- 2.4. The Power of Managers -- 2.5. The Background of Managers -- 2.6. Summary and Implications for Management Motivation -- 3. THE INTERNAL LABOUR SYSTEM -- 3.1. Labour Practices in Japanese Firms: The Stereotype -- 3.2. The Reality -- 3.3. Employment Adjustment -- 3.4. Skill Formation: Training and Rotation -- 3.5. Internal Competition for Promotion -- 3.6. Conclusion -- 4. DYNAMIC STRATEGIES -- 4.1. Growth Preference -- 4.2. A Model of Corporate Growth -- 4.3. Investment Behaviour -- 4.4. The Mode of Growth -- 4.5. Research and Development -- 4.6. Conclusion -- II. HOW IT ORGANIZES -- 5. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS -- 5.1. Introduction: Why Are There Fewer Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan? -- 5.2. The Trend of Mergers: The JFTC Data -- 5.3. Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan, 1980-1987 -- 5.4. Are Mergers and Acquisitions Profitable or Contributing to Growth? -- 5.5. Which Mergers and Acquisitions Are More Successful? -- 5.6. What firms Are Undertaking Mergers and Acquisitions? -- 5.7. Conclusion -- 6. DIVISIONAL FORM, HIVE-OFF, AND MANUFACTURER-SUPPLIER RELATIONS -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The Functional as Opposed to the Divisional Form -- 6.3. Hive-off -- 6.4. Manufacturer-Supplier Relationships -- 6.5. Keiretsu -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 7. BUSINESS GROUPS -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The Zaibatsu before the War.
7.3. The Dissolution of the Zaibatsu -- 7.4. Business Groups Today -- 7.5. Performance of Business Groups -- 7.6. Conclusions and Speculations on the Future of Groups -- III. HOW IT AFFECTS -- 8. INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Market Structure -- 8.3. Company Profit Rates -- 8.4. Persistence of Profits -- 8.5. Changing Behavioural Modes of Oligopolists -- 8.6. Conclusion -- Appendix: Accounting Rules and Profit Rates: International Differences -- 9. MACROECONOMIC STABILITY -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. A Model of Labour-Hoarding -- 9.3. Application to Japan's Experience -- 9.4. Price Mark-up and Business Fluctuation -- 9.5. Conclusion -- 10. ECONOMIC GROWTH -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. An Equilibrium Model of a Corporate Economy -- 10.3. Growth without Internally Generated Productivity Increase -- 10.4. Growth with Internally Generated Productivity Increase -- 10.5. Interpreting Japan's Economic Growth -- 10.6. Rate of Return and Rate of Profit -- 10.7. Conclusion -- Appendix: Macro-Equilibrium in a Corporate Economy -- 11. GOVERNMENT POLICIES -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Antimonopoly Policy -- 11.3. Industrial Policy -- 11.4. Technology Policy -- 11.5. A Case-Study: The Computer Industry -- 11.6. Conclusion -- 12. JAPANESE MANAGEMENT IN THE WORLD -- 12.1. Growth Preference, Competition, and Accountability Revisited by Way of Summary -- 12.2. Japanese Management Abroad -- 12.3. Investment in Overseas Distributions -- 12.4. Acquisitions of Foreign Firms, Acquisitions by Foreign Firms -- 12.5. What Can We Expect in the Future? -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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Growth through competition, competition through growth [[electronic resource] ] : strategic management and the economy in Japan / / Hiroyuki Odagiri
