Corporate Capitslism in Japan

HIROSHI OKUMURA is Professor of Economics at Chuo University, Tokyo.

• Preface General Editor's Foreword; M.Morishima Introduction PART I: WHAT IS CORPORATE CAPITALISM? The 'Companised' Society The Logic of Corporate Capitalism The 'Companism' System PART II: THE JAPANESE COMPANY The 'Corporatisation' of Shareownership Dividends and Share Prices Take-Overs PART III: MANAGERS Who Rules Japan? Managers and Shareholders Managers and Employees Representatives of the Company The Privilege and Position of Management PART IV: RELATIONS BETWEEN FIRMS Fixed Relations Mutual Control and Mutual Dependency Externalisation and Formation of Keiretsu Exclusionary Character Institutional Framework Index

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