In order to regain its competitiveness, Japan is restructuring and globalizing its business and economics system, as well as other aspects of society. How it is resolving this is of huge interest to its global trading partners. With contributions from well-known North American and Japanese academics, this book discusses these issues from historical, analytical and empirical perspectives.
Author Biography:
JENNIFER CHAN-TIBERGHINEN Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
KEISUKE ENOKIDO School of Community and Regional Planning, Vancouver, Canada
KAZUHIRO HARAKAWA Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
KOZO HORIUCHI Faculty of Humanity and Environment, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
ETSUKO KATO Division of International Studies, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
TAKANOBU NAKAJIMA Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
ALICE NAKAMURA School of Business, University of Alberta, Canada
PITMAN POTTER Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada
ATSUSHI SEIKE Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
SHUJIRO URATA School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
SINH VINH Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta, Canada
YOSHIHIKO WADA Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan