CONTENTS
List of figures and tables = ⅸ
List of contributors = xi
Series editor's preface = xiii
Acknowledgements = xv
1 Japanese business strategies in perspective / Takeshi Yuzawa = 1
Part Ⅰ High - tech and innovative industries
2 Inter - firm relationships between Toyota and its suppliers, in a historical perspective / Kazuo Wada = 25
3 Innovation by externalization : a new organizational strategy for the high - tech industries - Fuji Denki, Fujitsu and Fanuc / Seiichiro Yonekura ; Hans - J u ·· rgen Clahsen = 39
4 Cannon : from camera to comprehensive office automation manufacturer / Takeshi Yuzawa = 65
5 Toray Corporation : seeking first - mover advantage / Tsuneo Suzuki = 81
Part Ⅱ Traditional and restructuring industries
6 Anatomy of A Japanese steel firm : NKK - its strategy and performance against the tide, 1951-1990 / Etsuo Abe = 97
7 Competitive advantage in the Japanese shipbuilding industry : the case of IHI / Shin Goto = 119
8 The growth and limitations of Idemitsu Kosan : gentleman - merchant management / Tomoaki Saito = 134
9 Post - war growth of agricultural machine production : the case of Kubota Ironworks / Toshikatsu Nakajima = 150
Part Ⅲ Service industry, accounting systems and education
10 The industrial organization of Japanese life insurance : historical aspects / Takau Yoneyama = 167
11 The accounting inheritance of the Tokugawa period / Noboru Nisikawa = 191
12 The making of Japan's business e' lites : Tokyo University of Commerce in its historical perspective / Tamotsu Nishizawa = 202
Index = 225
