Institutional and technological change is a highly topical subject. At the theoretical level, there is much debate in the field of institutional economics about the role of technological change in endogenous growth theory. At a practical policy level, arguments rage about how Japan and the Japanese economy should plan for the future. In this book, leading economists and economic historians of Japan examine a range of key issues concerning institutional and technological change in Japan, rigorously using discipline-based tools of analysis, and drawing important conclusions as to how the process of change in these areas actually works. In applying these ideas to Japan, the writers in this volume are focusing on an issue which is currently being much debated in the country itself, and are helping our understanding of the world’s second-largest economy.
Author(s): Janet Hunter, Cornelia Storz
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 240
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 13
1 Introduction......Page 14
2 Technology and change in Japan's modern copper minig industry......Page 23
3 Professionalism as power......Page 40
4 Investment, importation and innovation......Page 56
5 Managing female textile workers......Page 73
6 Japanese inter-firm relations......Page 88
7 Global finance, democracy, and the State in Japan......Page 104
8 Change and crisis in the Japanese banking industry......Page 133
9 International mergers and acquisitions with Japanese participation......Page 153
10 Environmental protection and the impact of institutional changes in Japan......Page 183
11 Changes in conducting foresight in Japan......Page 201
Index......Page 219
