Hasegawa Harukiyo is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield and is author of The Steel Industry in Japan., Glenn D. Hook is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield and is author of Militarization and Demilitarization in Contemporary Japan

• Introduction; Part 1 Japanese business in globalization processes; Chapter 1 Japanese business in triadic regionalization, Glenn D. Hook; Chapter 2 Japanese global strategies in Europe and the formation of regional markets, Hasegawa Harukiyo; Chapter 3 Japanese investment Strategy and technology transfer in East Asia, Yamashita Sh?ichi; Chapter 4 Changes in Japanese automobile and electronic transplants in the USA, Ab? Tetsuo; Part 2 Restructuring in management; Chapter 5 Globalisation’s impact upon the subcontracting system, Ikeda Masayoshi; Chapter 6 Ownership and control of large corporations in contemporary Japan, Nakata Masaki; Chapter 7 Small headquarters and the reorganisation of management, Okubayashi K?ji; Chapter 8 The rise of flexible and individual ability-oriented management, Watanabe Takashi; Part 3 Restructuring in labour; Chapter 9 The end of the ‘mass production system’ and changes in work practices, Munakata Masayuki; Chapter 10 Japanese-style industrial relations in historical perspective, Nishinarita Yutaka; Chapter 11 New trends in enterprise unions and the labour movement, ?hki Kazunori;