Title Comparative responses to globalization : British and Japanese enterprises / edited by Maki Umemura, Cardiff Business School, UK and Rika Fujioka, Kansai University, Japan

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource 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 Summary 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 knowledge. While many works have examined the impact of globalization on firms, most such studies are ahistorical and only focus on the recent phase of globalization, since the late 1970s. Comparative Responses to Globalization examines these developments from a historical perspective, as firms have been responding to globalization since at least the 19th century. It sheds light on the impact of the institutional setting; the influence of government and entrepreneurs; and the weight of historical contingency in conditioning firm responses. It also touches upon the extent to which specific varieties of capitalism or distances between certain cultures help explain firm responses to globalization Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject International business enterprises -- Great Britain International business enterprises -- Japan Industrial management -- Great Britain Industrial management -- Japan. Globalization -- Economic aspects globalism. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Commerce Globalization -- Economic aspects Industrial management International business enterprises SUBJECT Great Britain -- Commerce Japan -- Commerce Subject Great Britain Japan Form Electronic book Author Umemura, Maki Fujioka, Rika ISBN 9781137263636 1137263636

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