Business enterprise in Japan : views of leading Japanese economists / edited by Kenichi Imai and Ryutaro Komiya ; translation edited and introduced by Ronald Dore and Hugh Whittaker.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-408) and index.

Introduction / Ronald Dore and Hugh Whittaker -- 1. Characteristics of Japanese Firms / Kenichi Imai and Ryutaro Komiya -- 2. Toward an Economic Model of the Japanese Firm / Masahiko Aoki -- 3. The "Human-Capital-ism" of the Japanese Firm as an Integrated System / Hiroyuki Itami -- 4. The Provision of Resources and Barriers to Exit / Tadao Kagono and Takao Kobayashi -- 5. Interfirm Relations and Long-Term Continuous Trading / Motoshige Ito -- 6. Enterprise Groups / Kenichi Imai -- 7. Subcontracting Relationships: The Automobile Industry / Yoshiro Miwa -- 8. Organizational Structure and Behavior in Research and Development / Ryuhei Wakasugi -- 9. Profitability and Competitiveness / Hiroyuki Odagiri -- 10. Plant and Equipment Investment / Yoshiyasu Ono and Hiroshi Yoshikawa -- 11. Product Development and Innovation / Ikujiro Nonaka -- 12. The Employment System and Human Resource Management / Kazutoshi Koshiro -- 13. Intellectual Skills and Long-Term Competition / Kazuo Koike.

14. On the Determinants of Bonuses and Basic Wages in Large Japanese Firms / Isao Ohashi -- 15. The Privatization of Public Enterprises: Background and Results / Masu Uekusa -- 16. Public Utilities: The Gas and Electric Power Utilities / Tetsuya Kishimoto -- 17. The Cooperative as a Business Enterprise / Naomi Saeki -- 18. The Life Insurance Company as a Business Enterprise / Ryutaro Komiya.