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Global Japanization?
The Transnational Transformation of the Labour Process
Inbunden, 2010
3082 kr
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Global Japaniziation? Brings together research from North America, Japan, Europe and Latin America to analyse the influence of Japanese manufacturing investment and Japanese working practices across the global economy. The editors present original case studies of work reorganization and workers’ …
Japanese Participation in British Industry
Av John Dunning
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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Japanese participation in British industry has increased greatly in recent years. While the new investment is welcomed for the jobs it helps create and the injection of new technology and managerial techniques, many people are fearful lest this increased participation should lead to loss of control …
Foreign Competition in Japan
Human Resource Strategies
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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The Japanese market is an attractive and challenging one. It is essential for foreign companies wanting to establish a growing presence to build operations which are suited to the Japanese. This book focuses on three particular areas: the labour market, the workplace and the market-place. The …
Industrial Training and Technological Innovation
A Comparative and Historical Study
Inbunden, 2010
2454 kr
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Taking an international and comparative perspective, this book focuses on the relationship between industrial training and technological change in three major global economies – the UK, USA and Japan. The contributors, an international group of leading researchers, look at the origins and …
Foreign Workers and Law Enforcement in Japan
Inbunden, 2010
3082 kr
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This is a detailed study of the extent to which an increased influx of foreign workers is a threat to law and order in the context of the data-generating process of police statistics and the media coverage of "crimes" committed by foreigners. It shows that a general mood in which foreign workers …
Broadcasting in Japan
Case-studies on Broadcasting Systems
Av Masami Ito
Inbunden, 2010
2525 kr
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Japan has developed what is arguably the most sophisticated and the most democratic broadcasting system in the world. The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1st September 1923, with its devastation and confusion drove home in its appalling way the importance of being able to broadcast immediate information …
Direct Foreign Investment
A Japanese Model of Multi-National Business Operations
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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Direct foreign investment and the activities of multinational corporations are new dynamic elements in the international economy. This book identifies, theoretically and practically, a Japanese model of multinational business operations which has characteristics differing from the American or …
Japan and a New World Economic Order
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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President Nixon’s new economic policy of August 1971, aggravated by the oil problem since October 1973 caused chaos and uncertainty in the international trade and currency system. There were fears of another 1930s style depression. In addition, a world food shortage and strident claims by …
Rise of the Japanese Corporate System
Inbunden, 2010
791 kr
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Japan’s economy is invariably seen as a prime example of a capitalist system, and a consideration of the elements upon which the Japanese economy is founded seems to lead inexorably to the conclusion that Japan is an established member of the group of highly developed capitalist nations. Yet a …
Japan's Economic Aid
Policy Making and Politics
Av Alan Rix
Inbunden, 2010
2525 kr
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Japan’s arrival since World War Two as a major industrial nation has meant that she has had to bear a greater share of the developed world’s contribution to the developing nations and foreign aid has become an integral part of foreign policy. This book describes the roots of Japan’s aid policy and …
Japan's Foreign Aid Challenge
Av Alan Rix
Inbunden, 2010
2525 kr
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When this volume was published in 1993 it was the first comprehensive analysis of the major policy issues confronting Japan’s massive foreign aid programme. It deals with the philosophy behind Japan’s aid, Japanese reactions to the severe criticisms of its programmes and the beginnings of …
Made in Japan
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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This volume concentrates on the effect of Japanese trade competition on the UK and Europe, it also provides an illuminating picture of political, social and military conditions in Japan in the early twentieth century.
Banking Policy in Japan
American Efforts at Reform During the Occupation
Inbunden, 2010
791 kr
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The unique Japanese banking system has contributed greatly to Japan’s post-war economic advance by investing aggressively in industry and by supporting close government-business relations. The banking sector might not have come to assume such a significant role, however, had American efforts to …
Meiji 1868
Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Japan
Inbunden, 2010
3173 kr
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Among the revolutionary movements which shook the nineteenth-century world, the change of government in Japan in 1868 occupies a special place. A new, dynamic ruling class provoked the overthrow of the old rule of the shogun and in a few years the visible structure of feudal society disappeared. …
Modern Japan and its Problems
Av G Allen
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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The author, who was for several years a lecturer in a Japanese Government College, has tried to interpret the civilization and national character of Japan in the light of his experience and of his studies in that country. He describes the novel problems and phenomena which have been created by the …
Government by Assassination
Av Hugh Byas
Inbunden, 2010
3173 kr
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Written by someone who spent twenty-three years as a journalist in Japan, this book describes the political and military aspirations of Japan at a tumultuous period of twentieth century history. The book examines the workings of the Japanese government and discusses the role of the military in …
Japan's Economic Offensive in China
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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This volume exposes Japan’s motives and designs on the economic front, pointing out the dangers of her policy of ousting Western interests and influence from East Asia during the conflict with China in Manchuria. The author urges the American and British governments to reconsider their position and …
Japan's Dream of World Empire
The Tanaka Memorial
Av Carl Crow
Inbunden, 2010
2208 kr
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Described as the Japanese Mein Kampf, this small pamphlet outlines the history of Japan which by the late 1920s was, according to the author, becoming a dream for world domination. Although this did not come to fruition, the book nonetheless represents a fascinating insight into the national psyche …
Militarism and Foreign Policy in Japan
Av E Causton
Inbunden, 2010
791 kr
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The Manchurian "Incident" of 1931 led to a Japanese occupation, the birth of Manchoukuo and the withdrawal of Japan from the League of Nations. At the time it seemed as if the army and navy were exerting a supreme influence. This volume points out that this influence is not new and that there are …
Essay on the Civilisations of India, China and Japan
Av G Dickinson
Inbunden, 2010
1032 kr
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This volume presents an account of the author’s travels during 1912-13 making particular note of the characteristics of Indian, Chinese and Japanese societies and the effect upon them of contact with the West. Although inevitably dated in some of its views, the volume nonetheless provides an …
Image of Japan
From Feudal Isolation to World Power 1850-1905
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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Japan's image has experienced numerous transmutations. The book covers the metamorphosis from Japan's image of a feudal, exotic and romantic land inhabited by Madam Butterflies, to its sudden emergence as a geopolitical power following its defeat of Russia in 1905. More was to come. In the 1930s …
Japanese Traits and Foreign Influences
Av Inazo Nitobe
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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This volume collects together essays and lectures given by the author from 1922-1927 to a variety of international audiences. Together they illuminate essential aspects of the Japanese mentality and way of life, particularly in social, religious and linguistic aspects.
New Japanese Peril
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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This volume examines the issues surrounding the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Alliance and looks at the possible consequences of different courses of action, against a backdrop of a Far Eastern situation under constant change. In spite of claims of impartiality, this volume represents …
Japan in Crisis
An Englishman's Impression
Av Veronica O'Keane, Trudi Seneviratne m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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"...The Japanese are not so black as they are painted or so immaculate as they occasionally paint themselves." As the author’s own words suggest, this book attempts to give a balanced account of Japan during the "crisis" years of 1931-1935 which were some of the most significant in modern Japanese …
History of Japan
Av Hisho Saito
Inbunden, 2010
1032 kr
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This volume presents the Japanese version of the history of Japan from its origins, through the subjection of Korea, the introduction of Chinese culture, rebellion in Korea, Buddhism, Taika reforms, Ainu insurrection, the founding of Kyoto as the capital, the power of Fujiwara, the founding of the …
Japan in World History
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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In this volume the author considers what the purpose and method of advanced Japanese studies should be. He believes that the study of Japanese history should be, not an end in itself but an integral part of world history. He discusses areas of controversy in interpretation which arise when a …
Origins of the War in the East
Av Aron Shai
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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This study describes the British government’s policy towards China during the first phases of the undeclared Sino-Japanese war, starting in July 1937 when the conflict in North China culminated in all-out hostilities; and ending in September 1939 when the outbreak of the war over Poland forced the …
Case of Korea
Av Henry Chung
Inbunden, 2010
3173 kr
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This volume examines how and why Japan annexed Korea in the early twentieth century and discusses the role of foreign powers (particularly the USA) in trying to bring about freedom and independence for Korea. Written by a Korean living in the USA the book is at times a harrowing account of …
British Factory Japanese Factory
The Origins of National Diversity in Industrial Relations
Av Ronald Dore
Inbunden, 2010
3173 kr
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The Japanese way of work is notoriously ‘different’. But is it Japan or Britain which is the odd man out? When originally published this was the first book to explore the real differences, through a point-by-point comparison of two Japanese factories with two British ones making similar products. …
Networking in Japanese Factory Automation
Inbunden, 2010
2525 kr
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In Japan information technology has been a vital part of manufacturing for decades. A central factory computer provides a production plan and shop minicomputers and microcomputers in the factory run machines that manufacture products. It has become necessary to connect computers installed at …
