Corporate Governance in Japan

Magdalena Jerzemowska has had her entire professional life associated with the University of Gdańsk, of which she is a graduate, and where she has completed all levels of her academic career. She obtained the title of full professor (2004) and is the head of the Department of Corporate Finance. She gives lectures on corporate governance, corporate finance, and financial statement analysis in Polish and English languages at her alma mater, as well as at many foreign universities. She managed international programs such as Know-How Fund, Tempus, and Erasmus. Her research interests include corporate governance, analysis of financial and non-financial statements, and capital structure. She is the author, co-author, or editor of several books, as well as of several dozen scientific articles published in Polish and foreign journals and conference materials for which she received many awards, both nationally and at the University of Gdańsk. She participated in scientific internships in China, Japan, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine. She cooperates as an expert with many nationwide scientific, professional, and governmental organizations.

1. Japanese Corporate Governance: An Introduction Part 1: The Period of State Centralization and its Consequences for Corporate Governance 2. The Genesis and Development of the Yamato State 3. Yamato as the Cradle of Japanese Corporate Governance Part 2: Introduction to the Ritsuryō State and its Corporate Governance System 4. The Rise and Fall of the Ritsuryō State 5. The Corporate Governance System in the Ritsuryō State 6. Shōen and their Importance for the Economy and Corporate Governance Part 3: The Rise, Development, and Destruction of the Kamakura Shōgunate (1185-1333) and its Corporate Governance System 7. The Rise and Fall of the Kamakura Shōgunate 8. An Introduction to the Kamakura Shōgunate Economy 9. Shaping Corporate Governance in the Kamakura Era Part 4: Corporate Governance Developments in the Ashikaga Shōgunate (1338-1573) and the Azuchi - Momoyama Era (1573-1603) 10. Characteristics of the Muromachi Era (the Ashikaga Shōgunate) and the Azuchi - Momoyama Era (1573-1603) 11. Highlights of the Corporate Governance in the Period 1338-1603 12. Japanese Corporate Governance: A Conclusion