Restructuring Japanese Business for Growth

1. Introduction: The Challenge of Post-Bubble Japanese Business Growth.- I. Business Strategies in Japan.- 2. The Emerging Nature of Post-Bubble Japanese Business: Policies for Continuing Economics Growth into the New Millennium.- 3. Education and Competitiveness of Japanese Firms in a Changing Global Economy.- 4. Globalization Strategies of Japanese Firms.- 5. Recent Developments in American and European Direct Investment in Post-Bubble Japan: Contrasting Perspectives.- II Japanese Financial Environment.- 6. Has Japan Entered a New Era of Financial Constraints?.- 7. Foreign Firms in Japan’s Securities Industry in the 1980’s and Post-Bubble Economy.- 8. Determinants of Japanese Banks’ Expansion in the European Union.- 9. U.S. Trade Balance, Protectionism, and Japanese Equity Prices: International Influence of National Macroeconomic News.- III. Management in Japanese Firms.- 10. Opportunistic Tendencies in International Joint Ventures with the Japanese: The Effects of Culture, Shared Decision Making, and Relationship Age.- 11. The Challenges to Japan’s Labor Market in the Post-Bubble Recession.- 12. Japanese Women in the Workplace.- 13. Linking JIT Strategies and Control Systems: A Comparison of the U.S. and Japan.- 14. Japanese Marketing in the Post-Bubble Era.- 15. Entering the Japanese Retail Market: Survival of the Fittest?.- 16. Restructuring Japanese Business through Kyosei: Capitalizing on International Strategic Alliances at the Consumer Level.- 17. Changing Manufactured Imports of Post-Plaza and Post-Bubble Japan.- 18. The “Depth” of the Japanese Market Orientation: A Comparison Across Ranks and Functions with U.S. Firms.