This four volume set on Japanese business enterprise traces the evolution of writings on Japanese business and management from the early 1970s to the present day. The articles included here represent some of the most influential writings in the field from the 1970s and 1990s, as well as major recent publications on current and future directions in the evolution of research on Japanese business enterprise. Articles spanning the early 1970s through the mid-1980s show how the perceptions of an entire generation of the nature of Japanese business enterprise and its unique attributes were formed. Key writings on Japanese management published between 1980 and 1994 discuss industrial and functional areas within Japanese business enterprise: manufacturing and production in general; the automotive industry; banking and finance; corporate strategy; and inter-organizational relationships. Central themes in the set are the internationalization and organizational learning of Japanese business. Key articles discuss Japanese management overseas, and innovation and learning in Japanese business.

This is volume six in a series which focuses on different aspects of international business and international relations. This book provides information on the current state-of-the art.