Economic Organizations and Corporate Governance in Japan
Curtis J. Milhaupt and Mark D. West
Abstract
Using an institutional and empirical approach, this book analyses the role of formal rules (law and regulations) and informal rules (norms, practices, and shared beliefs) in the Japanese economy. Through in‐depth studies of corporate governance and finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial regulation, organized crime, and markets for everything from venture capital to legal talent, Professors Milhaupt and West show that institutions play a crucial and heretofore overlooked role in the structure of the Japanese economy, which often is portrayed as being governed exclusively by interpersonal ... More
Using an institutional and empirical approach, this book analyses the role of formal rules (law and regulations) and informal rules (norms, practices, and shared beliefs) in the Japanese economy. Through in‐depth studies of corporate governance and finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial regulation, organized crime, and markets for everything from venture capital to legal talent, Professors Milhaupt and West show that institutions play a crucial and heretofore overlooked role in the structure of the Japanese economy, which often is portrayed as being governed exclusively by interpersonal relations and bureaucratic fiat. As these rules change, Japanese actors are responding, reshaping corporate governance and financial markets, while eroding the bureaucracy's power.
Keywords:
bureaucracy,
corporate governance,
economy,
empirical,
informal institutions,
Japan,
law,
markets,
organized crime,
regulation,
rules,
venture capital
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2004 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199272112 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: August 2004 |
DOI:10.1093/0199272115.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Curtis J. Milhaupt, author
Fuyo Professor and Director
Center for Japanese Legal Studies
Columbia University
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Mark D. West, author
Nippon Life Professor of Law and Director
Center for Japanese Studies
University of Michigan
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