This book analyzes the strategy and structure of successful Japanese manufacturing corporations. In spite of the depression during the 1990s, Japanese firms in high technology products have kept strong competitive power in the world market, revealing the strength of Japanese management systems. The
Trends in Japanese Management: Continuing Strengths, Current Problems and Changing Priorities
β Scribed by Toyohiro Kono, Stewart Clegg (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 338
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
The Context of Japanese Management....Pages 1-42
Corporate Governance and Top Management....Pages 43-76
Goals and Philosophies....Pages 77-107
Product Mix and New Product Development....Pages 108-144
Strategic Alliance and Vertical Integration....Pages 145-166
Multinational Management....Pages 167-191
Competition Strategy....Pages 192-202
Planning and Decision-Making....Pages 203-218
Organisational Structure and Processes....Pages 219-250
Personnel Management....Pages 251-283
Conclusion....Pages 284-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-322
β¦ Subjects
International Business; Management; International Economics
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