Innovation and change in Japanese management

• Other Authors: Haghirian, Parissa, 1970- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
• Subjects: management > Japonsko; kultura organizace > Japonsko; management > Japan; corporate culture > Japan; Japonsko > hospodářské poměry; Japan > economic conditions; kolektivní monografie; collective monographs
• ISBN: 9780230216679
• Physical Description: xvii, 247 s. : il. ; 23 cm

"This book shows which transformation processes and changes can be observed in Japanese companies in reaction to the economic challenges of the past decade. The book presents new research results and investigates the variety of changes that Japanese corporations and managers have experienced in...

Table of Contents:

• PART I: JAPANESE MANAGEMENT IN TRANSITION Vocational Training in the Japanese EnterpriseChanges in Japanese Corporate CultureJapanese corporate strategies in emerging marketsRevision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law in JapanBuilding Japanese BrandsThe Attitude towards Risk in Japanese ManagementPART II: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONR&D Management in the Japanese Pharmaceutical IndustryInnovation and the Appropriation of Knowledge in Japanese CorporationsPost-Crisis Approaches to Knowledge Management in the J-FirmPath dependency and path plasticity The Japanese software industry in comparison PART I: JAPANESE MANAGEMENT IN TRANSITION Vocational Training in the Japanese EnterpriseChanges in Japanese Corporate CultureJapanese corporate strategies in emerging marketsRevision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law in JapanBuilding Japanese BrandsThe Attitude towards Risk in Japanese ManagementPART II: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONR&D Management in the Japanese Pharmaceutical IndustryInnovation and the Appropriation of Knowledge in Japanese CorporationsPost-Crisis Approaches to Knowledge Management in the J-FirmPath dependency and path plasticity The Japanese software industry in comparison