The Japanese and German Economies in the 20th and 21st Centuries : : Business Relations in Historical Perspective / / Kudo Akira.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Akira, Kudo,
• MitwirkendeR: Yuzawa, Takeshi,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Distinguished Asia Studies Scholars: Collected Writings
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (620 p.)

Supported by a number of high-profile case studies, this volume offers a comprehensive exploration of Japanese-German economic relations through the whole of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries. It also offers clarification on the structure and processes of the world economy in the same period. Drawing on both unpublished discussion papers as well as previously published essays, the reader will find much of interest in the wide-ranging scholarship contained in this work, structured as follows: Part I, Japanese-German Business Relations; Part II, Trajectory of Japanese-German Business Relations; Part III, The Japanese and European Business and Economies. A Foreword by YUZAWA Takeshi, Professor Emeritus, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, evaluates the relevance and significance of Professor Kudo’s lifetime research and scholarship in the context of German-Japanese relations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Prologue -- [1] Why Study the History of Japanese-German Relations? -- [2] A Personal Historiography of Japanese-German/Euro-Asian Relations -- PART I Japanese-German Business Relations -- 1 I.G. Farben in Japan: The Transfer of Technology and Managerial Skills -- 2 Dominance through Cooperation: I.G. Farben’s Japan Strategy -- 3 Cultural Barriers Facing Exporters to Japan: German Business in the Inter-war Period -- 4 Search for Stability: Siemens in Inter-war-period Japan -- Part II: Trajectory of Japanese-German Business Relations -- 5 International Cartels in Business History -- 6 Western Multinationals in Japan: Missed Opportunities and Lessons from Inter-war Business History -- 7 Japan’s Technology Transfer and Business Management: An Analysis from the Standpoint of Business History -- 8 The Political Process of IG Farben’s Dissolution -- 9 Second Trial for Catching up: The Introduction of German Technology and the Emergence of the Petrochemical Industry in Post-war Japan -- 10 Americanization: Historical and Conceptual Issues -- 11 Emerging Post-war-type Managers and their Learning of American Technology and Management: The Consumer Chemicals Industry and the Case of Kao -- 12 An Introduction: Approaches to Corporate Governance -- 13 The State of Business History in Japan: Cross-National Comparisons and International Relations -- Part III: Japanese and European Business and Economics -- 14 From Commercial Controversy to Industrial and Technological Cooperation between Japan and the EC: The New Role of Japanese Direct Investment in the EC -- 15 Kao Corporation’s Direct Investment and Adaptation in Europe -- 16 The United Germany and the Future of German Firms: A Japanese View -- 17 A Partnership of Imbalance: Changes in Japanese-European Economic Relations -- 18 The Trajectory of European Integration: Possibilities for Substituting Hegemony -- 19 Americanization or Europeanization?: The Globalization of the Japanese Economy -- 20 A Note on Globalization and Regional Integration -- 21 The Response of Japanese Capitalism to Globalization: A Comparison with the German Case -- Notes -- Index