Schaede, Ulrike,  1962- <br/><br/>
Choose and focus :  Japanese business strategies for the 21st century / 
Ulrike Schaede. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  c2008. 
 - ix, 291 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-283) and index. 
<br/><br/>Japan's strategic inflection point, 1998-2006 -- Postwar corporate strategy -- Diversification versus focus -- Corporate relations : keiretsu, cross-shareholdings, and the main bank -- Ownership : institutional investors, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance -- Subcontracting : globalization and supplier relations -- Price competition : the business-to-business and retail price revolutions -- Lifetime employment : changing human resource management -- Venture capital : opening access to finance -- New competitors : Softbank, Kakaku.com, Astellas, and SBI E*Trade -- Conclusion : the new Japan. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801447062 (hbk.) 9780801447068 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Competition--Japan.<br/>Product differentiation--Japan.<br/>Strategic planning--Japan.<br/>High technology industries--Japan.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Commercial policy.<br/>Japan--Economic policy--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.50952  / SCH 2008