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Is capitalism everywhere driven by the same logic of market forces, contract, and individualistic motivation? Or is Japan different? These eighteen contributions by leading Japanese economists shed light on a number of issues in this increasingly important debate. The variety of perspectives and the range of firms covered -- not only the large industrial corporation but cooperatives, public enterprises, and mutual life insurance companies as well -- provide a broad overview that few other books on Japanese business can offer. In a new introduction to this English-language edition, Ronald Dore and Hugh Whittaker identify and summarize the salient themes and sharpen the points discussed.

Chapters are grouped into five parts:

- Part I identifies characteristics of the typical Japanese firm and the enterprise system.

- Part II examines interfirm behavior such as trading, subcontracting, and cross-shareholding in enterprise groups.

- Part III describes general firm behavior: how businesses invest in research, equipment, and product development.

- Part IV takes a look at the employment system -- specifically, competition, deployment of human resources, and the traditional bonus system (a particularly significant feature of Japanese firms that differentiates them from their Western counterparts).

- Finally, part V looks at specific kinds of firms: cooperatives, public utilities, and life insurance companies.

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CONTENTS
Contributors = ⅸ
Acknowledgments = xi
Introduction / Ronald Dore ; Hugh Whittaker = 1
Ⅰ The Firm
 1 Characteristics of Japanese Firms / Kenichi Imai ; Ryutaro Komiya = 19
 2 Toward an Economic Model of the Japanese Firm / Masahiko Aoki = 39
 3 The "Human - Capital - ism" of the Japanese Firm as an Integrated System / Hiroyuki Itami = 73
 4 The Provision of Resources and Barriers to Exit / Tadao Kagono ; Takao Kobayashi = 89
Ⅱ Intercorporate Relations
 5 Interfirm Relations and Long - Term Continuous Trading / Motoshige Ito = 105
 6 Enterprise Groups / Kenichi Imai = 117
 7 Subcontracting Relationships : The Automobile Industry / Yoshiro Miwa = 141
Ⅲ Enterprise Behavior
 8 Organizational Structure and Behavior in Reserch and Development / Ryuhei Wakasugi = 159
 9 Profitability and Competitiveness / Hiroyuki Odagin = 179
 10 Plant and Equipment Investment / Yoshiyasu Ono ; Hiroshi Yoshikawa = 195
 11 Product Development and Innovation ; Ikujiro Nonaka = 209
Ⅳ Human Resources
 12 The Employment System and Human Resource Management / Kazutoshi Koshiro = 225
 13 Intellectual Skills and Long - Term Competition / Kazuo Koike = 261
 14 On the Determinants of Bonuses and Basic Wages in Large Japanese Firms / Isao Ohashi = 275
Ⅴ Public and Cooperative Enterprises
 15 The Privatization of Public Enterprises : Background and Results / Masu Ukusa = 311
 16 Public Utilities : The Gas and Electric Power Utilities / Tetsuya Kishimoto = 333
 17 The Cooperative as a Business Enterprise / Naomi Saeki = 345
 18 The Life Insurance Company as a Business Enterprise / Ryutaro Komiya = 365
Bibliography = 387
Index = 409