Growth through Competition, Competition through Growth : Strategic Management and the Economy in Japan.
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Clarendon Press,
1992
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Table of Contents:
- ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""List of figures and tables""; ""I. HOW IT WORKS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1. The Firm as a Collection of Human Resources""; ""1.2. Growth Preference and Competition: Two Key Concepts""; ""1.3. Competition: Alternative Concepts""; ""1.4. Japanese Management as Viewed in Past Studies""; ""1.5. The Plan of the Book""; ""2. OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. The Pattern of Share Ownership""; ""2.3. The Influence of Financial Institutions and Inter-Company Shareholdings""; ""2.4. The Power of Managers""; ""2.5. The Background of Managers""
- ""2.6. Summary and Implications for Management Motivation""""3. THE INTERNAL LABOUR SYSTEM""; ""3.1. Labour Practices in Japanese Firms: The Stereotype""; ""3.2. The Reality""; ""3.3. Employment Adjustment""; ""3.4. Skill Formation: Training and Rotation""; ""3.5. Internal Competition for Promotion""; ""3.6. Conclusion""; ""4. DYNAMIC STRATEGIES""; ""4.1. Growth Preference""; ""4.2. A Model of Corporate Growth""; ""4.3. Investment Behaviour""; ""4.4. The Mode of Growth""; ""4.5. Research and Development""; ""4.6. Conclusion""; ""II. HOW IT ORGANIZES""; ""5. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS""
- ""5.1. Introduction: Why Are There Fewer Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan?""""5.2. The Trend of Mergers: The JFTC Data""; ""5.3. Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan, 1980�1987""; ""5.4. Are Mergers and Acquisitions Profitable or Contributing to Growth?""; ""5.5. Which Mergers and Acquisitions Are More Successful?""; ""5.6. What firms Are Undertaking Mergers and Acquisitions?""; ""5.7. Conclusion""; ""6. DIVISIONAL FORM, HIVE-OFF, AND MANUFACTURER�SUPPLIER RELATIONS""; ""6.1. Introduction""; ""6.2. The Functional as Opposed to the Divisional Form""; ""6.3. Hive-off""
- ""6.4. Manufacturer�Supplier Relationships""""6.5. Keiretsu""; ""6.6. Conclusion""; ""7. BUSINESS GROUPS""; ""7.1. Introduction""; ""7.2. The Zaibatsu before the War""; ""7.3. The Dissolution of the Zaibatsu""; ""7.4. Business Groups Today""; ""7.5. Performance of Business Groups""; ""7.6. Conclusions and Speculations on the Future of Groups""; ""III. HOW IT AFFECTS""; ""8. INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION""; ""8.1. Introduction""; ""8.2. Market Structure""; ""8.3. Company Profit Rates""; ""8.4. Persistence of Profits""; ""8.5. Changing Behavioural Modes of Oligopolists""; ""8.6. Conclusion""
- ""Appendix: Accounting Rules and Profit Rates: International Differences""""9. MACROECONOMIC STABILITY""; ""9.1. Introduction""; ""9.2. A Model of Labour-Hoarding""; ""9.3. Application to Japan's Experience""; ""9.4. Price Mark-up and Business Fluctuation""; ""9.5. Conclusion""; ""10. ECONOMIC GROWTH""; ""10.1. Introduction""; ""10.2. An Equilibrium Model of a Corporate Economy""; ""10.3. Growth without Internally Generated Productivity Increase""; ""10.4. Growth with Internally Generated Productivity Increase""; ""10.5. Interpreting Japan's Economic Growth""
