Systemic change in the Japanese and German economies :  convergence and differentiation as a dual challenge / 
edited by Werner Pascha. 
 - 287 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
 - English-language series of the Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg .
 - English-language series of the Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Systemic change, convergence, and institutional choice - an introduction and a summary /  Japanese theory of industrialization/modernization : between liberalism and developmentalism /  The evolutionary perspective on institutional divergence and competitive advantage /  A comparative institutional analysis of Japanese computer network systems /  Evolution, spatial self-organization and path dependence : Tokyo's role as an international financial center /  Technology and innovation management in German and Japanese manufacturing firms : strategic reorientation and implications for technological competitiveness /  Japanese and German corporate governance in transition : forces of change and persistence /  The Japanese firms' purchasing system : strategic and structural changes of the 80s and 90s /  Implementation of standards : what about the possibility of a convergence production system by international rules? /  Flexible rigidities and redundant capacities : liberalization of employment in Japan and Germany /  Coping with market rigidities in Germany and Japan /  The changing role of higher education in the process of internationalisation and globalisation - a Japan-Europe comparison /  Werner Pascha --  Kiichiro Yagi --  Carsten Herrmann-Pillath --  Seiichi Kawasaki --  Beate Reszat --  Martin Hemmert --  Franz Waldenberger --  Yveline Lecler --  Cornelia Storz --  Karen A. Shire and Jun Imai --  Mark Tilton and Patricia Boling --  Ulrich Teichler.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12. 
<br/><br/> "Should Japan and Germany strive to rearrange their institutional structures to make them more similar to Anglo-American standards? Where will systemic change lead? This book offers fresh insights by collecting Japanese and German contributions to this scholarly discussion both from theoretical and empirical viewpoints. A major conclusion of several papers is that the forces of differentiation are frequently underestimated. Important thematic issues include: contingency, path dependence and complementarity. Examinations of economic globalisation and rapidity of technological change pose questions about the nature of socio-economic system analysis in the future."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0700716343 9780700716340 0203642740 9780203642740 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004042764 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corporate governance--Japan<br/>Corporate governance--Germany<br/>Comparative advantage (International trade)<br/>Globalization.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Germany--Economic conditions--1990-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC462.95  / .S97 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.943