MACMILLAN Japanese Management: The Search for a New Balance between Continuity and Change

Product Description Japanese management is currently considered to be in crisis. This book analyzes the degree to which the Japanese management model is changing, in order to regain its competitiveness. It brings together up-to-date research on this important topic by a number of the best known American, Asian and European scholars of Japanese management. A broad variety of management areas such as strategy, corporate governance, globalization, organization, finance, HRM, production, innovation, organizational learning and retailing is covered. About the Author JAMES C. ABEGGLEN Chairman, Asia Advisory Service K.K., Japan ROBERT BALLON Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Japan SCHON L. BEECHLER Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, USA CAROLINE BENTON Professor, MBA Programme, University of Wales, UK RONALD DORE Associate, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, UK DAVID METHÉ Associate Professor, Faculty of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Japan LUKE NOTTAGE Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney, Australia, Co-Director, Australian Network for Japanese Law YOSHIYA TERAMOTO Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Japan LEON WOLFF Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New South Wales, Australia, Co-Director, Australian Network for Japanese Law.