Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History 1960-2000

Shedding new light on Japanese management and its social consequences, this study uses first-hand information from managers in major Japanese corporations. By involving several managers in the research process, the views of actual practitioners are made available in the book.
This book sheds new light on Japanese management and its social consequences. Since the collapse of the Japanese bubble economy, the once acclaimed Japanese-style management has been under serious criticism both inside and outside Japan, but this is not a new phenomenon: over the last 50 years, evaluation of Japan and Japanese management has fluctuated widely between extreme affirmation and extreme negation. This study is unique because it is a longitudinal analysis that covers 35 years it uses firsthand information from managers in major Japanese corporations; and by involving several of these managers in the research process the views of actual practitioners are made available.