Institutional and Technological Change in Japan's Economy : Past and Present (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: Economic and Institutional Change in Japan Janet Hunter and Cornelia Storz 2. Technology and Change in Japan’s Modern Copper Mining IndustryPatricia Sippel 3. Professionalism as Power: Tajiri Inajiro and the Modernisation of Meiji FinanceKatalin Ferber 4. Investment, Adaptation and Innovation: Genesis and Growth of Beer Corporations in Prewar Japan Harald Fuess 5. Managing Female Textile Workers: an Industry in Transition, 1945-1975 Helen Macnaughtan 6. Japan’s Industrial Organisation in Motion: Keiretsu at the Turning Point Andreas Moerke 7. Global Finance, Democracy and the State in Japan Takaaki Suzuki 8. Changes and Crisis in the Japanese Banking Industry Mariusz Krawczyk 9. International Mergers and Acquisitions with Japanese Participation: Two Cases from the Automotive Industry Sigrun Caspary 10. Environmental Protection and the Impact of Institutional Change Ilona Koester 11. Changes in Conducting Foresight in Japan Kerstin Cuhls