ABSTRACT

Harukiyo Hasegawa challenges the notion of the Japanese success story with an in-depth case study of comparative growth and decline in the steel industries of two mature economies.

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction

part I|43 pages

Differences in corporate environments

chapter 2|14 pages

Economic development

chapter 3|13 pages

Industrial organisation

chapter 4|14 pages

Institutional practices

part II|89 pages

The Japanese steel industry

chapter 5|33 pages

The Japanese steel industry

part III|69 pages

The British steel industry

chapter 8|29 pages

The British steel industry

chapter 10|21 pages

Management and labour at head office (UK)

part IV|85 pages

Convergence and relative advance

chapter 11|41 pages

Japan/UK comparison of management and labour

chapter 13|19 pages

Further changes in the 1990s