Chapter 4. The Visible Hand: Industrial Planning

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Preface to the Third Edition ix
4. I The Japanese Industrial System
5. Chapter 1. Japan and the New Global Economy 3
6. Chapter 2. Samurai Management: A Framework for Analysis 25
7. II Japan’s Societal Policies
8. Chapter 3. Japan Inc.: Business-Government Relations 53
9. Chapter 4. The Visible Hand: Industrial Planning 81
10. Chapter 5. Technology and the Knowledge Economy 116
11. Chapter 6. Asian Wall Street: Japanese Banking and Finance 153
12. III The Corporate System
13. Chapter 7. Samurai Education and Management Recruitment 183
14. Chapter 8. Management Strategy and Organization 211
15. Chapter 9. Human Resource Strategies and Work 242
16. Chapter 10. Production and Operations Management 268
17. IV Japan and the World Economy
18. Chapter 11. Japanese Marketing: From Sogo Shosha to the Big Mac 303
19. Chapter 12. The Acid Test: Japanese Management Abroad 332
20. Chapter 13. The Globalization of Japan 361
21. Chapter 14. Samurai Duel: Learning from Japan 385
22. References 404
23. Name Index 425
24. Subject Index 431