JAMES C. ABEGGLEN Chairman, Asia Advisory Service K.K., Japan ROBERT BALLON Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Japan SCHON L. BEECHLER Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, USA CAROLINE BENTON Professor, MBA Programme, University of Wales, UK RONALD DORE Associate, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, UK DAVID METHÉ Associate Professor, Faculty of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Japan LUKE NOTTAGE Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney, Australia, Co-Director, Australian Network for Japanese Law YOSHIYA TERAMOTO Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Japan LEON WOLFF Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New South Wales, Australia, Co-Director, Australian Network for Japanese Law.

• List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Foreword; I.Hijiya-Kirschnereit The Current State of the Japanese Economy and Challenges for Japanese Management: An Overview; M.Pudelko & R.Haak Continuity through Change in Japanese Management: Institutional and Strategic Influences; D.Methé Organizational Survival; R.J.Ballon The Long Road to Globalization: In Search of a New Balance between Continuity and Change in Japanese MNCs; S.L.Beechler Innovation for Whom?; R.Dore Organizational Learning Mechanisms for Corporate Revitalization; Y.Teramoto & C.Benton Corporate Governance and Law Reform in Japan: From the Lost Decade to the End of History?; L.Nottage & L.Wolff A Perfect Financial Storm; J.C.Abegglen Japanese Human Resource Management: From Being a Miracle to Needing One?; M.Pudelko Japanese Production Management: Organizational Learning at the Confluence of Knowledge Transfer, Technology Development and Work Organization; R.Haak Continuityvs. Change: The Key Dilemma for Japanese Management: M.Pudelko Index