'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 that Japanese corporations and managers have experienced in recent years.

Autorentext
MAKOTO ABE is a Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Economics at the University of Tokyo, Japan. STEPHANIE ASSMANN is a lecturer at the Center for the Advancement of Higher Education at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan AVITAL BAIKOVICH is a PhD candidate at the department of labor studies at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel. Dr. SILKE BROMANN is lecturer in Japanese Economy and Management at the Japan-Zentrum, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. JOHN W. CLARRY is currently an adjunct professor of International Business at The College of New Jersey, and a business consultant partner at Haeussler Analytics LLC. PASCAL GUDORF is Communications Manager at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan in Tokyo, Japan. PARISSA HAGHIRIAN is an Associate Professor of International Management at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. BENJAMIN HENTSCHEL is a Master Student in the Graduate School of Global Studies (majoring in International Business and Development Studies) at Sophia University in Tokzo. CARSTEN HERBES is Director of Research& Development at Nawaro BioEnergie AG. WERNER PASCHA is a Full Professor of East Asian Economic Studies at the Mercator School of Management and the Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) of Duisburg-Essen University in Germany MARKUS PUDELKO is Professor in International Business at Tübingen University SEBASTIAN SCHÄFER is a research assistant at the Chair for Japanese Economy atGoethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. CORNELIA STORZ currently holds the Chair for Japanese Economy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Germany LEON WOLFF is Co-Director of the Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL).

Inhalt
PART I: JAPANESE MANAGEMENT IN TRANSITION Vocational Training in the Japanese Enterprise Changes in Japanese Corporate Culture Japanese corporate strategies in emerging markets Revision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law in Japan Building Japanese Brands The Attitude towards Risk in Japanese Management PART II: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION R&D Management in the Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry Innovation and the Appropriation of Knowledge in Japanese Corporations Post-Crisis Approaches to Knowledge Management in the J-Firm Path dependency and path plasticity The Japanese software industry in comparison