Corporate Governance in Japan: Institutional Change and Organizational Diversity

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Author(s)/Editor(s) Edited by AOKI Masahiko, Gregory JACKSON, MIYAJIMA Hideaki
Publisher Oxford University Press
ISBN 978-0-19-928451-1
Publication Date September 2007
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Introduction (in Japanese), list of contents (in English) [PDF:35KB]
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: The Diversity and Change of Corporate Governance in Japan
Gregory Jackson and Hideaki Miyajima

Part I: CHANGES IN OWNERWHIP AND FINANCE

2. Relational Banking in Post-Bubble Japan: The Coexistence of Soft- and Hard-Budget Constraints
Yasuhiro Arikawa and Hideaki Miyajima
3. The Unwinding of Cross-shareholding: Causes, Effects, and Implications
Hideaki Miyajima and Fumiaki Kuroki
4. Foreign Investors and Corporate Governance in Japan
Christina Ahamadjan
5. Venture Capital and its Governance: The Emergence of Equity Financing Conduits in Japan
Nobuyuki Hata, Haruhiko Ando, and Yoshiaki Ishii
6. Corporate Governance in Financial Stress: The New Role of Bankruptcy
Peng Xu
7. The Rise of Bank-Related Corporate Revival Funds 8. Business Portfolio Restructuring of Japanese Firms in the 1990s
Noriyuki Yanagawa

Part II: CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND CORPORATE BOARDS

8. Business Portfolio Restructuring of Japanese Firms in the 1990s: Entry and Exit Analysis
Tatsuya Kikutani, Hideshi Itoh, and Osamu Hayashida
9. Corporate Finance and Human Resource Management in Japan
Masahiro Abe and Takeo Hoshi
10. Employment Adjustment and Distributional Conflict in Japanese Firms
Gregory Jackson
11. The Turnaround of 1997: Changes in Japanese Corporate Law and Governance
Zenichi Shishido
12. The Performance Effects and Determinants of Corporate Governance Reform
Hideaki Miyajima
13. Insider Management and Board Reform: For Whose Benefit?
Ronald Dore

Part III: DIVERSITY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

14. Organizational Diversity and Institutional Change: Evidence from Financial and Labor Markets in Japan
Mari Sako
15. Conclusion: Wither Japan's Corporate Governance?
Masahiko Aoki

Index

* Full Text in English.