Institutional and technological change in Japan's economy past and present Hunter, Janet. Storz, Cornelia. Taylor & Francis text bibliography Electronic books. enk London New York Routledge 2006 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) : illustrations 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 t. Introduction : economic and institutional change in Japan / Janet Hunter and Cornelia Storz -- Technology and change in Japan's modern copper mining industry / Patricia Sippel -- Professionalism as power : Tajiri Inajirō and the modernisation of Meiji finance / Katalin Ferber -- Investment, importation and innovation : genesis and growth of beer corporations in prewar Japan / Harald Fuess -- Managing female textile workers : an industry in transition, 1945-1975 / Helen Macnaughtan -- Japan's inter-firm relations : on the way towards a market-oriented structure? / Andreas Moerke -- Global finance, democracy, and the state in Japan / Takaaki Suzuki -- Changes and crisis in the Japanese banking industry / Mariusz Krawczyk -- International mergers and acquisitions with Japanese participation : two cases from the automotive industry / Sigrun Caspary -- Environmental protection and the impact of institutional change / Ilona Koester -- Changes in conducting foresight in Japan / Kerstin Cuhls. edited by Janet Hunter and Cornelia Storz. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ja--- Japan Economic conditions 1945- Japan Economic policy 1945- Japon Conditions économiques 1945- Japon Politique économique 1945- POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Comparative BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic Conditions BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic History Economic history Economic policy Japan Since 1945 fast HC462.9 .I59 2006eb 330.952/04 83.62 Institutional and technological change in Japan's economy London ; New York : Routledge, 2006 (DLC) 2005015067 (OCoLC)60516699 Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 6 0203028015 9780203028018 9786610478262 6610478260 9780415368223 0415368227 9781134206810 113420681X 0415368227 2005015067 9781134206810 Ingram Content Group https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203028018 N$T 060809 20240130225537.4 in00004767902 eng