Distribution in Japan
ISBN13: 9780199248902ISBN10: 0199248907
Hardback,
228 pages
Feb 2002,
In Stock
Price:
$150.00 (06)Description
Several years have passed since the 'store wars' over barriers to foreign products at Japanese distribution firms. Yet among English-speaking readers, how these firms operate remains a puzzle. In this book, the best Japanese scholars in their fields attempt to unravel that puzzle. Avoiding culture-based explanations, they employ a systematic and rigorous economic logic---yet, since they also avoid mathematical notation, the argument remains accessible to generalist readers.Features
- Rigorous, systematic use of economic logic: refusal to use Japan-specific or culture-bound explanations
- Focuses on politically charged issue of Japanese distribution practices
- Highly accessible: no formal mathematical modelling
- Authors are top Japanese scholars in their fields
About the Author(s)
Edited by Yoshiro Miwa, Professor of Economics, Kiyohiko G. Nishimura, Professor of Economics, both at University of Tokyo, and J. Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies, Harvard University
