Innovation and Change in Japanese Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Japanese Management in the 21st Century....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Restructuring of Japanese Enterprises — Programs for a Special Institutional Environment....Pages 15-38
Rigidity and Change in the Japanese Venture Economy....Pages 39-58
The Attitude Toward Risk in Japanese Management....Pages 59-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Lifelong Employment, Labor Law and the Lost Decade: The End of a Job for Life in Japan?....Pages 77-99
Vocational Education and Training in Japan — Recent Trends....Pages 100-118
Going Global? Strategizing Ideology and Practice in a Japanese Subsidiary....Pages 119-138
The Long Path Toward Gender Equality in Japan: The Revision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Its Implementation....Pages 139-156
Innovation in Japanese HRM: Are Japanese Companies Adopting the Pay for Performance Principle?....Pages 157-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Innovation and the Patenting of Knowledge in Japanese Corporations....Pages 177-198
Nonaka Revisited: Can Japanese Companies Sustain Their Knowledge Management Processes in the 21st Century?....Pages 199-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Japanese Corporate Strategies in Emerging Markets: From China-centered Trade and Investment to Diversified Internationalization....Pages 223-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-247