Japan's 'Lost Decade'

Abstract

1. Introduction: Japan at an inflection point Mark Metzler 2. Dreams of economic transformation and the reality of economic crisis in Japan: Keidanren in the era of the 'bubble' and the onset of the 'lost decade,' from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s W. Miles Fletcher III 3. From developmental state to the 'New Japan': the strategic inflection point in Japanese business Ulrike Schaede 4. Fettered by the past in the march forward: ideology as an explanation for today's malaise in Japan Peter von Staden 5. Family and non-family business resilience in an economic downturn Bruno Amann and Jacques Jaussaud 6. Characteristics of R&D expenditures in Japan's pharmaceutical industry Sophie Nivoix and Pascal Nguyen 7. Leadership and performance in Japanese R&D teams Jun Ishikawa 8. The ownership structure of foreign subsidiaries and the effect of institutional distance: a case study of Japanese firms Naoki Ando 9. Epilogue: retrospect and prospects: the significance of the 'lost decades' in Japan W. Miles Fletcher III and Peter W. von Staden