The economic system of 'high-growth-period' Japan was characterized by various properties such as its unique banking … system, industrial policy and lifetime employment. Juro Teranishi argues that since the 'bubble period' and the subsequent … severe downturn of the economy during the 1990s, Japan's economic system has been undergoing extensive changes. This book is …

implications are tested in a comparative study of competitive performance in the EU, Japan and the USA. Typical mechanisms of …

The origin of markets is a central issue in economics and economic history, but until now there has been no definitive … practitioners interested in the broad field of economics and economic history, and market evolution in particular …Amanda McLeod (2008), 'Quality Control: The Origins of the Australian Consumers' Association', Business History, 50 (1 …

1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor … supply of the elderly and females -- 3. Labor force ageing and economic growth in Japan -- 4. Ageing and elderly care in an … society and the choice of Japan : migration, FDI and trade liberalization -- 7. Retirement in non-cooperative and cooperative …

debates in economic history. The author examines the many controversies relating to the role of government in a modern economy …

invaluable to scholars of financial economics and the history of economic thought …

-1914', Business History, 38 (3), 101-16 -- Jacob M. Price (1986), 'The Great Quaker Business Families of Eighteenth-Century London … in Action: William Hesketh Lever at Port Sunlight Before 1914', Business History, 33 (1), 58-81 -- Hazel Petrie (2006 … Business History, Chapter 2, Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 27-49, notes -- Hannah Barker (2006), 'The …

-- 4. Lessons from the history of Imperial China -- 5. Advantages of centralized and decentralized rule in Japan -- 6 … European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised …. However, these civilisations have not always been unified politically. In their history, there have been long spells of …