Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Multinational Companies from Japan : Capabilities, Competitiveness, and Challenges, Paperback / softback Book

Multinational Companies from Japan : Capabilities, Competitiveness, and Challenges Paperback / softback

Edited by Robert (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) Fitzgerald, Chris (Cass Business School, City University UK, and Griffith Business School, Griffith Univ Rowley

Paperback / softback

Description

Since the bursting of Japan’s bubble economy, from 1990 onwards, its multinational companies (MNCs) have faced new competitive challenges, and questions about the management practices on which they had built their initial success in global markets.

Japanese engagement in the international economy has undergone a number of phases.

Historically, Japanese MNCs learnt from foreign companies, frequently through strategic alliances.

After the post-war ‘economic miracle’, Japanese manufacturers in particular converted themselves into MNCs, transferred their home-grown capabilities to overseas subsidiaries, and made an impact on the world economy.

But the period after 1990 marked declining Japanese competitiveness, and asked questions about the ability of Japanese MNCs to be more responsive and global in their strategies, organization, and capabilities.

It has been argued that the established management practices of Japanese MNCs inhibited adaptation to recent demands of global competition.

This volume presents new case evidence on how Japanese MNCs have responded to the new challenges of the global market place, and it provides examples of how they have transformed strategies and competitive capabilities.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Asia Pacific Business Review.

Information

Save 6%

£46.99

£43.99

 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information