Japanese Business

Like many industrialised nations, the current employment trend in Japan centres on the diversification of the labour market with an increased use of temporary labour. Among a wide range of non-regular labour arrangements, haken, or 'dispatched workers' are a newly legalised category of non-regular w..

This new book gathers together a collection of case studies of innovation in various industries in modern Japan, challenging accepted notions of Japanese innovation and emphasizing new and diverse trends and practices. _x000D_..

This new book gathers together a collection of case studies of innovation in various industries in modern Japan, challenging accepted notions of Japanese innovation and emphasizing new and diverse trends and practices. _x005F_x000D_..

Understanding the 'lost decade' of the 1990s is central to explaining Japan today. Following a period of record high growth, the chronic downturn after 1990 raised fundamental questions about the course of the world's third largest economy. This crisis also presented Japan with the opportunity for t..

Bringing together unique analysis by renowned experts in the field, Ruth Taplin and Masako Wakui present a comprehensive survey of the telecommunications industry in Japan, covering the different sectors of the industry including mobile, broadband and satellite...

Bringing together unique analysis by renowned experts in the field, Ruth Taplin and Masako Wakui present a comprehensive survey of the telecommunications industry in Japan, covering the different sectors of the industry including mobile, broadband and satellite...

Exploring how and why corporate narrative-management is ‘accepted’ or ‘rejected’ by external and internal audiences in Japan, the book clarifies what narrative-management means for Japanese organizations. It argues that the role of narrative-management has become much more prevalent in Japan in rece..

The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Business and Management provides a comprehensive overview of management and business processes and practices in Japanese companies. The contributors combine theory and research with a practical, contemporary view on how corporations and firms are managed in Japan. ..

This book provides readers with an in-depth analysis of the types of area of cooperation that Europe and Japan are currently engaged in, and assesses whether the extent of their joint activities is substantive enough to fill the leadership gap the liberal world order faces in the years ahead...

Charting the development of the industry from post-war devastation, through good recovery in the 1960s, and then up to the present, the book explores why Japan, despite being a world leader in many high technology industries, is only a minor player in the global pharmaceutical industry...

Charting the development of the industry from post-war devastation, through good recovery in the 1960s, and then up to the present, the book explores why Japan, despite being a world leader in many high technology industries, is only a minor player in the global pharmaceutical industry...