UID:
edoccha_9959148202902883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-18056-X
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1-134-18057-8
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1-280-52206-2
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9786610522064
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0-203-96881-6
Series Statement:
European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian economics & business series ; 8
Content:
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 growth in Japan, the 1990s saw the country enter a prolonged period of economic stagnation. Policy reforms were initially half-hearted, and businesses were slow to restructure as the global economy changed. The lagging economy has been impervious to aggressive fiscal stimulus measures and ha
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface; Introduction; 1 Institutional change in Japan; 2 Institutional change in Meiji Japan; 3 Institutional reform in Japan and Korea; 4 A lost decade for Japanese corporate governance reform?; 5 Japan's economic and financial stagnation in the 1990s and reluctance to change; 6 Japanese lifetime employment; 7 The Japanese labor movement and institutional reform; 8 The changing pattern of Amakudari appointments; 9 Divorce in Japan; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-65519-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-38015-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203968819
