Unintended Fit: Organizational Evolution and Government Design of Institutions in Japan
Unintended Fit: Organizational Evolution and Government Design of Institutions in Japan
This chapter discusses nanoscopic, intra-organizational coordination. It argues that the spontaneous order of cross-task coordination based on information sharing within the firm is an important source of total factor productivity growth in postwar Japan. The institutional apparatus that the government originally designed for centralized control of wartime production did not work as intended, but evolved into a supporting framework for decentralized private coordination following democratic transformation during postwar reform.
Keywords: coordination, postwar reform, industrial policy, institutional reform
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