The Japanese and German economies in the 20th and 21st centuries : business relations in historical perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kudō, Akira, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Folkestone, Kent, UK : Renaissance Books, 2018.
Series:Renaissance Books Distiguished Asian studies scholars collected writings series ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I Japanese-German Business Relations
  • 1.IG Farben in Japan: The Transfer of Technology and Managerial Skills
  • 2.Dominance through Cooperation: IG Farben's Japan Strategy
  • 3.Cultural Barriers Facing Exporters to Japan: German Business in the Inter-war Period
  • 4.Search for Stability: Siemens in Inter-war-Period Japan
  • pt. II Trajectory of Japanese-German Business Relations
  • 5.International Cartels in Business History (co-authored with HARA Terushi)
  • 6.Western Multinationals in Japan: Missed Opportunities and Lessons from Inter-war Business History
  • 7.Japan's Technology Transfer and Business Management: An Analysis from the Standpoint of Business History
  • 8.The Political Process of IG Farben's Dissolution
  • 9.Second Trial for Catching Up: The Introduction of German Technology and the Emergence of the Petrochemical Industry in Post-war Japan
  • 10.Americanization: Historical and Conceptual Issues (co-authored with Matthias Kipping and Harm G. Schroter)
  • 11.Emerging Post-war-type Managers and Their Learning of American Technology and Management: The Consumer Chemicals Industry and the Case of Kao (co-authored with IHARA Motoi)
  • 12.An Introduction: Approaches to Corporate Governance
  • 13.The State of Business History in Japan: Cross-National Comparisons and International Relations
  • pt. III Japanese and European Business and Economics
  • 14.From Commercial Controversy to Industrial and Technological Cooperation between Japan and the EC: The New Role of Japanese Direct Investment in the EC
  • 15.Kao Corporation's Direct Investment and Adaptation in Europe
  • 16.The United Germany and the Future of German Firms: A Japanese View
  • 17.A Partnership of Imbalance: Changes in Japanese-European Economic Relations
  • 18.The Trajectory of European Integration: Possibilities for Substituting Hegemony
  • 19.Americanization or Europeanization?: The Globalization of the Japanese Economy
  • 20.A Note on Globalization and Regional Integration
  • 21.The Response of Japanese Capitalism to Globalization: A Comparison with the German Case.