1. A Review of Corporate Governance Ideas -- 2. Current Views of Japanese Corporate Governance -- 3. Carrying Out the Research -- 4. Japanese Companies and their Shareholders -- 5. The Company - Main Bank Relationship -- 6. A Community of Employees -- 7. Japanese Directors - Elders of the Corporate Community -- 8. What can be Learned?
Summary
This text examines thinking on corporate governance by way of a detailed study of the governance practices of 14 Japanese companies. It suggests that mainstream conceptualizations of corporate governance are inadequate, failing to account for the actual way the companies are controlled
