Conflict and change [electronic resource] : foreign ownership and the Japanese firm / George Olcott.

By:

Olcott, George, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 279 p.) : illISBN:

9780511658297 (electronic bk.)
051165829X (electronic bk.)

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Conflict and change.DDC classification:

338.8/30952 22

LOC classification:

HD2907 .O48 2009eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Japanese institutions : are they different? -- The study : overview and methodology -- Entering the firm : recruitment and training -- Lifetime employment and career patterns -- Reward systems -- Female employees -- Organisation and decision-making process -- Discussion and conclusion.

Summary: "What happens to the traditional work practices of Japanese firms when they are taken over by European and American firms? How do the employees react? What lessons can be learned from examples of successful and unsuccessful acquisitions? Ten years ago, such questions would never have been asked, simply because the incidence of take-overs of Japanese firms by foreign companies was virtually non-existent. However, in the past decade, a number of major Japanese companies have come under the control of foreign firms. Conflict and Change focuses on five Japanese companies acquired by foreign firms in the last ten years (including Nissan, Chugai Pharmaceutical and Shinsei Bank) to show how take-overs by foreign companies have changed HR and organisational practices traditionally associated with Japanese firms. This provides invaluable information for researchers and managers about the choices and challenges associated with cross-border acquisitions of firms that are embedded in 'institutionally distant' frameworks"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"What happens to the traditional work practices of Japanese firms when they are taken over by European and American firms? How do the employees react? What lessons can be learned from examples of successful and unsuccessful acquisitions? Ten years ago, such questions would never have been asked, simply because the incidence of take-overs of Japanese firms by foreign companies was virtually non-existent. However, in the past decade, a number of major Japanese companies have come under the control of foreign firms. Conflict and Change focuses on five Japanese companies acquired by foreign firms in the last ten years (including Nissan, Chugai Pharmaceutical and Shinsei Bank) to show how take-overs by foreign companies have changed HR and organisational practices traditionally associated with Japanese firms. This provides invaluable information for researchers and managers about the choices and challenges associated with cross-border acquisitions of firms that are embedded in 'institutionally distant' frameworks"--Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record.