Development of Corporate Governance in Japan and Britain

Abe, Etsuo

• Contents: What is corporate governance? the historical implications, Etsuo Abe; The corporate governance of Japanese firms at the early stage of industrialization: Osaka cotton spinning and Nippon life assurance, Matao Miyamoto and Takeshi Abe; Corporate governance, business organization and competitiveness: British business in the inter-war period, Robert Fitzgerald; Corporate governance in the inter-war Zaibatsu, Haruhito Takeda; Corporate governance in British insurance: how the Phoenix lost Norwich Union and lived to regret London Guarantee and Accident, Clive Trebilcock; Japanese corporate governance in the major life assurance companies; an historical perspective, Takau Yoneyama; The main bank system and corporate governance in post-war Japan, Chikage Hidaka and Takeo Kikkawa; Corporate governance, management and British venture capital since 1945, Richard Coopey; Authority and direction in British manufacturing companies, 1945-2000: models, realities and consequences, Nick Tiratsoo; Corporate governance and management structure: the nationalized railway industry in Britain, Terry Gourvish; Recent changes in inter-firm relations in Japan: the six largest corporate complexes, Masahiro Shimotani; Index.