Purpose – This paper aims to trace the evolution of industrial subcontracting in Japan, over a period of time … historical over view of the evolution of industrial subcontracting in Japan is discussed based on literature and discussion with …. Originality/value – This paper provides the reader with an understanding of evolution of industrial subcontracting in Japan since …

harbinger of Japan's consumer culture, the identity of Parco is sought in connection to its marketing strategies and managerial …

/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the major literature of management history in Japan and conceptualizes these works into a framework of … manufacturing sector. The scientific management paradigm was dominant from the start of modern industry in Japan and its endurance … identified, but as Japan has proved reluctant in the past to shift away from the efficiency concept, effecting reforms may remain …

industry in the 1970s and 1980s, remains surprising. What was going on in Japan at the time, and to some extent continues today …, remains largely hidden. The aim of this paper is to expose one source of Japan’s influential competitive advantage – the human …’s visible hand remains alive and well, but critical drivers of its success in Japan and Toyota were largely invisible to the …

Purpose – This paper sets out to explain the poor nature of industrial relations in Meiji Japan (1868-1911), especially … accepted assumption used in many management (and other) studies on Japan, namely, that Neo-Confucianism was institutionalized … in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1867), is distorted. Second, we find that the poor nature of labor relations in Meiji Japan can …

The author examines the industry, little known in the West, which produces European‐style wine in Japan. The technique … of wine‐ making came to Japan from China approximately 1,200 years ago and it is known that by the end of the 12th … was introduced into Japan in the 16th century when Catholic missionaries from Portugal introduced red wine for sacramental …

countermeasures by the Japanese police. Findings – In Japan, there are more than 80,000 regular or associate Yakuza gang members …