Innovation and Change in Japanese Management Now on Sale
Parissa Haghirian`s new book “Innovation and Change in Japanese Management” is now on sale
Innovation and Change in Japanese Management
Edited by Parissa Haghirian (Sophia University), With an introduction by Makoto Abe (Tokyo University)
Palgrave Macmillan (2010), Hardcover: 240 pages, ISBN-10: 0230216676, Price: 95 US$
The Book
The mystic image of Japanese management changed during the recession of the 1990s. Japanese corporations had problems adapting to the restructuring measures. They were economic challenges and were slow in the implementing reforms and expected to develop more shareholder value and become more like their Western counterparts. Western observers and media criticized Japanese corporations and managers for being too consensus and harmony oriented and not being able to deal with crisis or rapid changes. But Japan and Japanese management did change.
In many cases these changes were not as radical or as spectacular as expected. Western suggestions and business models were not completely ignored, but many of them are not applicable in a Japanese context. Japan and Japanese management changed in its own way, in a Japanese Way. Innovation and Change in Japanese Management shows which transformation processes and changes can be observed in Japanese companies in reaction to the economic challenges of the past decade. The book presents new research results and investigates the variety of changes Japanese corporations and managers have experienced in recent years.
The Editor
Parissa Haghirian is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. She obtained her Master’s in Japanese Studies from Vienna University (1998) and was awarded a Master’s Degree (2000) and PhD in International Management (2003) by Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Parissa is also a visiting professor at Groupe HEC in Paris, Helsinki School of Economics, Keio Business School and an adjunct professor at Temple University in Tokyo. Parissa’s research and consulting interests include Japanese management, market entries of Western firms into the Japanese market, and Japanese consumer behavior. www.parissahaghirian.com
Contents
Innovation and Change in Japanese Management (Edited by Parissa Haghirian)
Preface (Parissa Haghirian)
Introduction: Japanese Maangement in the 21st Century (Makoto Abe)
Part 1 Restructuring Japan - Theoretical Foundations
Restructuring of Japanese Enterprises - Programs for a Special Institutional Environment (Carsten Herbes)
Rigidity and Change in Japanese Venture Economy (Sebastian Schäfer and Cornelia Storz)
The Attitude Toward Risk in Japanese Management (Werner Pascha)
Part 2 Inside the New J-Firm
Lifelong Employment, Labor Law and the Lost Decade: The End of a Job for Life in Japan? (Leon Wolff)
Vocational Education and Training in Japan - Recent Trends (Silke Bromann)
Going Global? Strategizing Ideology and Practice in a Japanese Subsidiary (Avital Baikovich)
The Long Path Toward Gender Equality in Japan: The Revision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Its Implementation (Stephanie Assmann)
Innovation in Japanese HRM: Are Japanese Companies Adopting the Pay for Performance Principle? (Markus Pudelko)
Part 3 Innovation and Knowledge Management
Innovation and the Patenting of Knowledge in Japanese Corporations (John W. Clarry)
Nonaka Revisited: Can Japanese Companies Sustain Their Knowledge Management Processes in the 21st Century? (Benjamin Hentschel and Parissa Haghirian)
Part 4 Internationalization Processes
Japanese Corporate Strategies in Emerging Markets: From China-centered Trade and Investment to Diversified Internationalization (Pascal Gudorf)
