Institutional Change in Japan

This is a new analysis of recent changes in important Japanese institutions. It addresses the origin, development, and recent adaptation of core institutions, including financial institutions, corporate governance, lifetime employment, and the amakudari system. After four decades of rapid economic g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Blomström, Magnus, author (author), La Croix, Sumner, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Taylor & Francis 2006.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745284206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Institutional Change in Theory and Practice
  • 1. Theories of Institutional Change: How Well Do They Apply to Japan?
  • 2. Institutional Revolution: The Case of Meiji Japan
  • 3. Institutional Reform in Japan and Korea: Why the Difference?
  • Part 2: Japanese Institutions: What Has Changed, What Has Not, and Why
  • 4. A Lost Decade For Corporate Governance? What's Changed, What Hasn't, and Why
  • 5. Japan's Economic and Financial Stagnation in the 1990s and Reluctance to Change
  • 6. Life-Time Employment: History and Response to Crisis
  • 7. The Japanese Labour Movement and Institutional Reform
  • 8. Is Amakudari Changing? The Case of Regional Banks
  • 9. Divorce In Japan: Why It Happens, Why It Doesn't.