Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on the effect of the current financial crisis on corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and CSR assurance strategies that companies disclose online to stakeholders, by dividing the time horizon into two periods, before 2008 and...

This book focuses on various business practices to manage ailing companies during economic depression or in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters. The methods implemented by various Japanese enterprises, such as Japan Air Line, Tokyo Electricity Company, Nissan and Toyota, to overcome...

AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionCrises and Business CrisesConcept of crisisConcept of a business crisisCauses of business crisesBusiness Crisis ManagementBusiness crisis and business crisis managementBusiness crisis management and risk managementConclusionsReferences

AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionJapanese Enterprises and GlobalizationExchange Rate Fluctuations and Enterprise CrisisEnterprise Crises at Toyota“Double Standard Model” of Profit Management“Crisis Boundary Management” ConceptConclusionReferences

AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionThe Japan Airlines CrisisNew Corporate Rehabilitation Law and the New Scheme for Bankruptcy ProceedingsAvoiding Cash ShortagesBackground of Bankruptcy ProceedingsReorganization PlanStakeholder BurdensShareholdersBanks and financial...

AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionDefinitions of Crisis and Crisis ManagementOrigin and Subsequent Deployment of TPSToyota’s bankruptcy and lessons learnedWhat the TPS brought was the grand sum of problem solvingProblem-solving capability and simultaneous crises coming...

AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionPanasonic’s Restructuring Activities and Strategies in Recent YearsChange in the Use of CCM from a Performance Management System to a Total Management SystemThe Linkage of CCM and the Drivers of Various FieldsConclusionReferences

AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionThe Past and Future of Samsung ElectronicsSamsung Electronics’ Business Management: Overcoming the IMF Monetary CrisisA choice to conquer a crisis: Management by discardingThe basis of overcoming the IMF monetary crisis: Management by...