Business group management in Japan

With increased competition among business groups, companies need to enhance the value of their business and effectively manage individual firms. This book explores and elucidates business group and inter-firm management in Japanese environments, both theoretically and practically through case studie...

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Corporate Author: World Scientific (Firm)
Other Authors: Hamada, Kazuki.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2010.
Series:Monden Institute of Management and Accounting (Series) ; v. 7.
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300 # # |a xxiii, 243 p. :  |b ill. 
490 1 # |a Japanese management and international studies / Monden Institute of Management,  |v v. 7  |x 1793-2874 ; 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a pt. 1. Accounting information for group management and management control system. Management accounting information for consolidated group management / Kazuki Hamada. Management control system of Japanese pure holding companies / Makoto Tomo, Makoto Yori and Takayuki Asada -- pt. 2. M&A including MBO and outsourcing for group reformation. Influence of M&A on financial performance : measuring the performance of M&A from sustainability of utility / Kozo Suzuki. Management buyout of a Japanese business group / Naoyuki Kaneda. Managerial significance of strategic outsourcing / Shunzo Matsuoka. Acquisition price as an incentive price of M&A / Yasuhiro Monden -- pt. 3. Analysis of accounting information for consolidated and business group and segmental business units. Consolidated accounting information for business group management / Manabu Takano. Business evaluation of a company group in Japan : A case study of segment reporting by Panasonic Electric Works / Shufuku Hiraoka -- pt. 4. Management of inter-firm relations. How can management accounting achieve goal congruence among supply chain partners? / Yoshiteru Minagawa. How to maintain the bargaining position defined in Toyota's dealership control / Hiroshi Ozawa. Royalties and profit sharing : Focusing on Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. / Noriko Hoshi. Factors influencing control mechanisms in joint ventures : Evidence from Japanese manufacturing industries / Yuichi Kubota. Does inter-firm cooperation contribute to the performance of Japanese firms? Concept of incentive price for motivating inter-firm cooperation / Yasuhiro Monden -- pt. 5. Inter-organizational learning and autonomous organizations. Management of population-level learning and inter-organizational relations in Japan / Hiroki Kondo. Management control system in an empowered organization / Katsuhiro Ito. 
520 # # |a With increased competition among business groups, companies need to enhance the value of their business and effectively manage individual firms. This book explores and elucidates business group and inter-firm management in Japanese environments, both theoretically and practically through case studies, survey research and other methodologies. In considering the concept of the "Keiretsu" in Japan, as well as other management methods employed by Japanese companies, this book provides extensive coverage on uniquely Japanese management methods. Examples are the application of evaluation system, execution of M&A, utilization of segment information, management of inter-firm relations, and organizational learning. The analyses, hypotheses and conclusions presented in this book will be useful for business practitioners and scholars. 
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