Americanizing Japanese Firms

Americanizing Japanese Firms

Author: Yukio Yotsumoto

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2010-05-10

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 0761849890

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Americanizing Japanese Firms examines the concept of corporate social responsibility in Japanese manufacturing companies within the United States. The study compares the corporate philanthropy of Japanese companies against American and British companies. Specifically, the study investigates characteristics of Japanese companies that influence the level and nature of the corporate philanthropy undertaken. The relationship between size of the company and the level and nature of corporate social responsibility is also examined. Finally, the study explores how Japanese corporations learn about the American approach of corporate philanthropy. In his investigations, the author considered two contexts: first, the constitutions of Japan and the United States are analyzed at a national level to determine the position or importance of corporate philanthropy within the societies comparatively; and second, the communities in which corporations are located and act for social contribution are investigated.


Americanization and its Limits

Americanization and its Limits

Author: Jonathan Zeitlin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2000-03-23

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 0191544655

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This book develops a new and conceptually distinctive analysis of Americanization in European and Japanese industry after the Second World War, based on a rich set of sectoral and firm-based studies by an international group of distinguished scholars. The authors highlight the autonomous and creative role of local actors in selectively adapting US technology and management methods to suit local conditions and, strikingly, in creating new hybrid forms that combined indigenous and foreign practices in unforeseen and often remarkably competitive ways. Their findings will be of compelling interest not only to historians and social scientists concerned with the dynamics of post-war economic growth and industrial development, but also to those engaged in contemporary debates about the cross-national transfer and diffusion of productive models.


Zaibatsu America

Zaibatsu America

Author: Robert L. Kearns

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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An examination of Japanese interests in American industry shows how major Japanese conglomerates have targeted vital parts of industry for investment.


German and Japanese Business in the Boom Years

German and Japanese Business in the Boom Years

Author: Matthias Kipping

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-07-31

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 113444138X

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This edited volume examines the American influence on West German and Japanese industry from the 1950s to the 1970s, providing a valuable contribution to the debate on 'Americanization' from a historical and comparative perspective. Individual contributions provide an in-depth analysis of the adoption and modification of management and technological issues from the US in West Germany and Japan at the micro-economic level.


The Japanese Influence on America

The Japanese Influence on America

Author: Boye De Mente

Publisher: N T C Business Books

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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This book chronicles the tremendous influence that Japan had and continues to have on the U.S.


Invasion of the Salarymen

Invasion of the Salarymen

Author: Jeremiah J. Sullivan

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1992-07-30

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13:

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The first book to put Japan's American business ventures into proper perspective. Voices of Japanese managers are heard on virtually every page as they describe their managerial triumphs and tribulations in the U.S., and compare managing Americans with Japanese employees.


German and Japanese Business in the Boom Years

German and Japanese Business in the Boom Years

Author: Matthias Kipping

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-07-31

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1134441398

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This edited volume examines the American influence on West German and Japanese industry from the 1950s to the 1970s, providing a valuable contribution to the debate on 'Americanization' from a historical and comparative perspective. Individual contributions provide an in-depth analysis of the adoption and modification of management and technological issues from the US in West Germany and Japan at the micro-economic level.


Americanization and Its Limits

Americanization and Its Limits

Author: Jonathan Zeitlin

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780199269044

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An analysis of Americanization in European and Japanese industry after World War II. The contributors analyze the creative role of local actors in selectively adapting US technology and management methods to suit local conditions, and in creating hybrid forms combining foreign and indigenous practices in unforeseen, yet remarkably competitive ways.


Taiwan's Modernization: Americanization And Modernizing Confucian Manifestations

Taiwan's Modernization: Americanization And Modernizing Confucian Manifestations

Author: Wei-bin Zhang

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2003-07-14

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9814486132

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This book is part of a broad examination of Confucianism and its implications for modernization of the Confucian regions (covering mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Singapore). It is mainly concerned with the industrialization and modernization of Taiwan. To help readers understand the process of modernization, the book provides an introduction to the history of Taiwan and to Confucianism and its modern implications. As far as social and economic principles are concerned, Taiwan's modernization is, according to the author, characterized by Americanization and modernizing Confucian manifestations. The book demonstrates that Taiwan has actually provided an important case study not only for the capitalist spirit of overseas Chinese, but also for possible implications of Confucianism for modernization. The unique character of this book is that in explaining Taiwan's modernization, it deals not only with economic and social issues, but also examines the philosophical foundations, an endeavor which no other author has systematically made before.