Comparative responses to globalization [electronic resource] : British and Japanese enterprises / edited by Maki Umemura, Cardiff Business School, UK and Rika Fujioka, Kansai University, Japan.
The authors of this volume explore how British and Japanese firms have responded to globalization from a long-term perspective. Around the world, firms have responded to globalization in diverse ways, from expanding their operations, differentiating their products, normalizing risk, to adopting new...
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Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Notes on Conventions
- Introduction: Comparative Perspectives of Globalization: Historical Reflections on British and Japanese Enterprises
- An Empire of Goods? Groceries in Eighteenth-century England; J. Stobart
- Globalization and Voluntary Consensus Standardization in the British Wire Industry c1880; A. Velkar
- The City of London, British Ethnic and National Identities, and Investment Decisions in the Anglophone New World, 1860-1914; A. Smith
- The Genesis of Modern Management of Technology: The Case of the Meiji Cotton Spinning Sector in Globalization Circa 1880s-1890s; E. Choi
- Globalization and Family Business, The Renewal of Idemitsu Kosan, 1990s-2000s; M. Shimamoto
- Jute, Firm Survival and British Industrial Policy: Government Action Under Globalization; C. Morelli
- Emerging Market Strategies in Compact Vehicles: The Case of Japanese Automakers; H. Shioji
- The Pressures of Globalization in Retail: The Path of Japanese Department Stores, 1930s-1980s; R. Fujioka
- Globalization and Change in the Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry, 1990-2010; M. Umemura
- The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Challenges in an Era of Globalization; J. Slinn
- Index.