Adaptability and change in Japanese management practice : a longitudinal inquiry into the banking industry : through the bubble economy and beyond / Lane Kelley, Brent MacNab, Reginald Worthley, Ian Pagano, Lenard Huff -- Learning process and the dynamics of corporate governance systems : the case of Japan / Christine Pochet -- The changing trend in links between bureaucracy and the private sector in Japan / Andreas Moerke -- The winds of change in Japanese trade policy : textile multinationals and intra-industry clashes over market protection / Saadia Pekkanen, Mireya Solis -- Keiretsu organization in a changing economic context : the evolution of debt and equity ties among Keiretsu firms / Jean McGuire, Sandra Dow -- M&As in the Japanese banking industry : the more things change? / Elizabeth L. Rose, Kiyohiko Ito -- Dyad and network : models of manufacturer-supplier collaboration in the Japanese TV manufacturing industry / Didier Guillot, James R. Lincoln -- Same rules, different games : variation in the outcomes of 'Japanese-style' supply relationships / Glenn Hoetker -- The transnational challenge : performance and expatriate presence in the overseas affiliates of Japanese MNCs / Schon Beechler, Vladimir Pucik, John Stephan, Nigel Campbell -- Decline of Japan's predominance in Asia / Hideki Yoshihara -- Does it really matter if Japanese MNCs think globally? / Schon Beechler, Orly Levy, Sully Taylor, Nakiye Boyaçigiller -- Changes in the determinants of profit : a study of foreign subsidiaries in the Japanese manufacturing industries in the 1980s and 1990s / Shigeru Asaba, Hideki Yamawaki.

The decade long period of slow growth in Japan has raised provocative questions relating to theory development in international management. Japans "lost decade" has led to changes in both overall strategy and to increased variety in individual firm responses to slower growth. The combination of internal changes in the Japanese domestic business environment and external changes in the international environment has generated strong incentives for Japanese firms to seek new ways to structure and compete. These adjustments have necessitated changes not only in the management of Japanese firms domestically, but in overseas markets as well. This volume includes contributing chapters from authors based in Asia, Europe, and North America to examine how Japanese firms have responded to the challenge of a slower domestic economy and a more competitive international economy. Articles were selected to address three aspects of this issue: adaptation to domestic environmental changes, adjustments in inter-organizational relations, and the experience in foreign MNCs in Japan and Japanese MNCs abroad.

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