{"product_id":"production-organizations-in-japanese-economic-tetsuji-okazaki-9780415391801","title":"Production Organizations in Japanese Economic Development","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this important new book, the authors explore how production was organized in the context of the economic development of modern Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduction organizations are taken to mean the long-term relationships which economic agents create for production, based on employment contracts or long-term transactions. This includes hierarchical organizations such as factories and corporations, but also flexible arangements such as subcontracting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern Japanese economic development is characterized by the co-evolution of these two types of production organizations, while American economic development in the modern period is characterized by the development of a mass production system based on large hierarchical organizations. The question is raised as to why and how a certain type of organization proliferated in a certain industry in a certain period, and what the role of that organization was in coordinating production and giving incentives to the economic agents involved. The result is a comparative institutional analysis of the organizational foundations of Japanese economic development in the modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tetsuji Okazaki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415391806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415391801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.47h x 6.28w x 0.80d","brand":"Tetsuji Okazaki","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064910262527,"sku":"9780415391801","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9752737b-a6ef-42a1-afff-bcc6079ca3e6.jpg?v=1768671859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/production-organizations-in-japanese-economic-tetsuji-okazaki-9780415391801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}