The anatomy of Japanese business / edited with an introduction by Kazuo Sato and Yasuo Hoshino.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Anatomy Of Japanese Business -- Introduction -- I: Management -- 1 Mechanistic Vs. Organic Management Systems: A Comparative Study Of Adaptive Patterns Of American And Japanese Firms -- 2 The Growth Of Firms In Japan: An Empirical Study Of Chief Executives -- 3 Structural Uniformity And Cultural Diversity In Organizations: A Comparative Study Of Factories In Britain, Japan, And Sweden -- II: Business Groups -- 4 The Structure Of Managerial Control: Who Owns And Controls Japanese Businesses? -- 5 Interfirm Relations In An Enterprise Group: The Case Of Mitsubishi -- Iii: Production Systems -- 6 How The Toyota Production System Was Created -- 7 Quality Control In Japan: The Case Of Fuji Xerox -- 8 Productivity And Quality Control: Case Studies -- Iv: Strategy -- 9 The Grand Strategy Of Japanese Business -- 10 Diversification Strategies And Economic Performance -- 11 General Comparison Of Financial Characteristics Between Merging And Nonmerging Firms In Japan -- Contributors.

This volume collects eleven essays written by Japanese experts on various aspects of Japanese business management and is a sequel to the volume <EM>Industry and Business in Japan</EM>. It examines the mechanisms for Japan's phenomenal economic growths.