This is a new analysis of recent changes in important Japanese institutions. It addresses the origin, development, and recent adaptation of core institutions, including financial institutions, corporate governance, lifetime employment, and the amakudari system. After four decades of rapid...

Prologue: china and an increasingly disrupted world -- Change, the Chinese principle and the greatest show on earth -- History, philosophy, strategy and governance -- 20 essential ideas for life, family, business and government -- Pivots of change -- Managing change : China's x-factor -- The...

This book studies the sources of inequality in contemporary South Korea and the social and political contention this engenders. Korean society is becoming more polarized. Demands for "economic democratization" and a fairer redistribution of wealth occupy centre-stage of political campaigns,...