Simon Learmount is Daiwa Fellow at the ESRC Centre for Business Research, Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, and is a Shimomura Fellow at the Development Bank of Japan. He has a Ph.D. and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. Formerly he worked as Sales and Marketing Director of an international healthcare organization, and Managing Director of an international educational organization. In both positions he worked extensively in Japan.

The book is well organized, it is very well written and the argument is clearly laid out.

• Introduction ; 1. A Review of Corporate Governance Ideas ; 2. Current Views of Japanese Corporate Governance ; 3. Carrying-out the Research ; 4. Japanese Companies and their Shareholders ; 5. The Company-Main Bank Relationship ; 6. A Community of Employees ; 7. Japanese Directors: Elders of the Corporate Community ; 8. What Can Be Learned?

Simon Learmount is Daiwa Fellow at the ESRC Centre for Business Research, Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, and is a Shimomura Fellow at the Development Bank of Japan. He has a Ph.D. and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. Formerly he worked as Sales and Marketing Director of an international healthcare organization, and Managing Director of an international educational organization. In both positions he worked extensively in Japan.

The book is well organized, it is very well written and the argument is clearly laid out.

• Introduction ; 1. A Review of Corporate Governance Ideas ; 2. Current Views of Japanese Corporate Governance ; 3. Carrying-out the Research ; 4. Japanese Companies and their Shareholders ; 5. The Company-Main Bank Relationship ; 6. A Community of Employees ; 7. Japanese Directors: Elders of the Corporate Community ; 8. What Can Be Learned?

Simon Learmount is Daiwa Fellow at the ESRC Centre for Business Research, Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, and is a Shimomura Fellow at the Development Bank of Japan. He has a Ph.D. and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. Formerly he worked as Sales and Marketing Director of an international healthcare organization, and Managing Director of an international educational organization. In both positions he worked extensively in Japan.

The book is well organized, it is very well written and the argument is clearly laid out.

• Introduction ; 1. A Review of Corporate Governance Ideas ; 2. Current Views of Japanese Corporate Governance ; 3. Carrying-out the Research ; 4. Japanese Companies and their Shareholders ; 5. The Company-Main Bank Relationship ; 6. A Community of Employees ; 7. Japanese Directors: Elders of the Corporate Community ; 8. What Can Be Learned?