Beyond the Firm: Business Groups in International and Historical Perspective

by Takao Shiba, Masahiro Shimotani

Overview

This book analyses business groups such as the Japanese "keiretsu" or Korean "chaebol," their role in different business systems and their impact on business performance, management, and the wider society. It provides valuable historical detail, raises questions for conventional theories of the firm, offers insights into the resilient international competitiveness of Japanese companies and into the varying institutional characteristics of different business systems and cultures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198290605
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/12/1997
Series:	Fuji Business History , #2
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.31(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1510L (what's this?)

About the Author

Kyoto Sangyo University

Kyoto University

Table of Contents

List of ContributorsList of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction, Masahiro Shimotani and Takao Shiba1. The History and Structure of Business Groups in Japan, Masahiro ShimotaniPart I: The Corporate Complex2. Diversification Process and the Ownership Structure of Samsung Chaebol, Chul-Kyu Kang3. From Zaibatsu to Corporate Complexes, Kunio Suzuki4. Structure and Strategy of Belgian Business Groups (1920-1990), Ginette Kurgan-Van HentenrykPart II: The Corporate Group5. Growth via Politics: Business Groups Italian-Style, Franco Amatori6. Business Groups in the German Electrical Industry, Wilfried Feldenkirchen7. A Path to the Corporate Group in Japan: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and its Group Formation, Takao ShibaPart III: Assembler-Supplier Relations8. 'Japanese-Style' Supplier Relationships in the American Auto Industry, 1895-1920, Susan Helper and David Hochfelder9. The Subcontracting System and Business Groups: The Case of the Japanese Automotive Industry, Hirofumi UedaPart IV: Japanese Business Groups10. The Organizational Logic of Business Groups: Evidence from the Zaibatsu, Michael L. Gerlach11. Learning to Work Together: Adaptation and the Japanese Firm, W. Mark FruinAfterword, Masahiro Shimotani and Takao ShibaIndex