Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management

'This Encyclopedia is accessible and readable by both specialists and nonspecialists and is recommended for business people and students.' - N J. W. Leonard, Miami University, Choice June 2002'It is especially recommended to academic libraries and to public library reference departments.' - Lucy Heckman, American Reference Books Annual 2003"Well-written and often fascinating...Accessible to both specialists and nonspecialists. Strongly recommended for libraries with a collection emphasis on Japanese/Asian business and recommended for business collections in general. Moreover, because the Encyclopedia emphasises the broader context of Japanese business and management, the volume should be considered for general reference collections in research libraries." - Reference & User Services Quarterly"A well produced and authoritative reference work, which will make a useful addition to all academic and reference collections." - Reference Reviews

• 5S campaign, Abegglen, James C., accounting in Japan, administrative guidance (gyosei shido), advertising, after-sales pricing, agricultural cooperatives, agricultural policy, airline industry, Ajinomoto, Akihabara, alliances, allowances and non-salary compensation, amakudari, American occupation,Aoki, Masahiko, appraisal systems, appreciating yen, Arabian Oil, Ato-gime, automotive industry, Bank of Japan, Bank of Tokyo, Banking Act of 1982 (History of Financial Regulation), banking crises, banking industry, bankruptcies, Banto, Blue collar workers, bottom-up decision making processes, Bridgestone Corporation, Bubble economy, Buddhism, Burakumin, business ethics, Canon, capital markets, cartels, Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, central wholesale markets, chemical industry, r ugen, Chu-sho kigyo, city banks, Cole, Robert, commercial code, competition, computer industry, construction industry, consumer movement, consumption tax, contract employee, contracts, convenience stores, corporate finance, corporate governance, creative houses, cross-shareholdings, Daiei, Daihyoken, Daiichi Kangyo Bank, dango, dead debt, debt/equity ratios, declining industries, Deming, W. Edwards, Denki roren, Dentsu, department stores, Depressed Industries Law, 1978, deregulation, discounters, distribution system, Dodge, Joseph M.,Dokoh, Toshio,Dollar shock in 1971, Dore, Ronald, dual structure theory, e-commerce, economic crisis in Asia, economic growth, economic ideology, Economic Planning Agency, education system, electronics industry, Emerging Business, employee training & socialization, Endaka, enterprise unions, environmental and ecological issues, environmental regulations, Equal Opportunity Employment Law, 1986/1999, export and import of technology, Export-Import Bank of Japan, fair trade commission, Federation of Economic Organizations, financial services industry, firm strategies for technology, foreign aid, foreign companies in Japan, foreign workers, Fuji Photo Film, Furyo saiken, Gaishikei kigyou, Genba-shugi, Genchika, general trading companies, geography, Giri, Global integration, guilds (za and kabu nakama), Gyosei shido, Habatsu, Hayakawa, Tokuji, Hayato, Ikeda, Heisei boom, history of the labour movement, Hitachi Electronics, Honda, Soichiro, human relations management, Ie, Inamori, Kazuo, Income doubling plan, Industrial Bank of Japan, industrial efficiency movement, industrial groups (keiretsu), industrial policy, industrial regions, industry and trade associations, internal labor markets, Interwar period, Ishikawa, Kaoru, ISO issues, ITOCHU Corporation, Ito-Yokado Company, Ltd., Iwasaki, Yataro, Izanagi boom, Japan Airlines, Japan Automotive Manufacturers Association, Japan Chamber of Commerce, Japan Development Bank, Japan External Trade Organization, Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, Japan Inc., Japan International Cooperation, Japan Management Association, Japan National Railways, Japan Productivity Center, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers, Japanese business in Africa, Japanese business in Australia, Japanese business in Canada, Japanese business in China, Japanese business in France, Japanese business in Germany, Japanese business in Italy, Japanese business in Korea and Taiwan, Japanese business in Latin America, Japanese business in Mexico, Japanese business in Southeast Asia, Japanese business in the Middle East, Japanese business in the UK, Japanese business in the US, Japanese investment patterns, Japanese MNEs, JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards), Johnson, Chalmers, joint stock corporation, joint ventures,Jomukai,Juran, J.M., just-in-time, Kabunakama, Kabunishi sokai, Kabushki kaisha, Kabutocho, Kaizen, Kakuei, Tanaka, Kanban, Kansai culture, Kansayaku, Kao, Karoshi, KDD (Kokusai Denshin Denwa), Keidanren, Keio University, Keiretsu, Keizai Doyukai, Kirin Brewery Company, Koike, Kazuo, Komiya, Ryutaro, Konbini, Kono, Toyohiro, Kyocera, Labor Policy on HRM, Large Retail Store Law, 1974, Liberal D