Innovation and Change in Japanese Management

1. Introduction: Japanese Management in the 21st Century
Makoto Abe

Part I. Restructuring Japan — Theoretical Foundations

2. Restructuring of Japanese Enterprises — Programs for a Special Institutional Environment
Carsten Herbes

3. Rigidity and Change in the Japanese Venture Economy
Sebastian Schäfer, Cornelia Storz

4. The Attitude Toward Risk in Japanese Management
Werner Pascha

Part II. Inside the New J-Firm

5. Lifelong Employment, Labor Law and the Lost Decade: The End of a Job for Life in Japan?
Leon Wolff

6. Vocational Education and Training in Japan — Recent Trends
Silke Bromann

7. Going Global? Strategizing Ideology and Practice in a Japanese Subsidiary
Avital Baikovich

8. The Long Path Toward Gender Equality in Japan: The Revision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Its Implementation
Stephanie Assmann

9. Innovation in Japanese HRM: Are Japanese Companies Adopting the Pay for Performance Principle?
Markus Pudelko

Part III. Innovation and Knowledge Management

10. Innovation and the Patenting of Knowledge in Japanese Corporations
John W. Clarry

11. Nonaka Revisited: Can Japanese Companies Sustain Their Knowledge Management Processes in the 21st Century?
Benjamin Hentschel, Parissa Haghirian

Part IV. Internationalization Processes

12. Japanese Corporate Strategies in Emerging Markets: From China-centered Trade and Investment to Diversified Internationalization
Pascal Gudorf

Keywords: Business and Management, Knowledge Management, International Business, Management, International Economics, Banking