Japanese Industrial Governance

Protectionism and the Licensing State

Edited by Yul Sohn

This book shows that the Japanese governance system, the core of which is referred to as a 'licensing system', was a result of infant industry...

Published October 28th 2004 by Routledge.

more information about Japanese Industrial Governance

George Elton Mayo

Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

George Elton Mayo (1880-1949) is widely recognized as the progenitor of the human relations movement in management and his work laid the foundations for later...

Published April 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

more information about George Elton Mayo

German and Japanese Business in the Boom Years

Edited by Matthias Kipping, Akira Kudo, Harm G. Schröter

This edited volume examines the American influence on West German and Japanese industry from the 1950s to the 1970s, providing a valuable contribution to the...

Published November 27th 2003 by Routledge.

more information about German and Japanese Business in the Boom Years

Alfred P. Sloan

Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

Edited by John C. Wood, Michael C. Wood

Alfred P. Sloan is credited with the invention of the modern corporation. At the helm of General Motors from 1923 to 1946, he had a...

Published October 16th 2003 by Routledge.

more information about Alfred P. Sloan

Frank and Lilian Gilbreth

Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

Husband and wife, Frank Gilbreth (1868-1924) and Lilian Gilbreth (1878-1972), are the figures most closely identified with time and motion studies. Pushing F.W. Taylor's ideas...

Published May 29th 2003 by Routledge.

more information about Frank and Lilian Gilbreth

Henry Ford

Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

This collection includes evaluations of and responses to the contributions made by Henry Ford and the ways in which his influence helped shape the understanding...

Published October 3rd 2002 by Routledge.

more information about Henry Ford

F. W. Taylor

Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

This collection focuses on Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), the initiator of 'scientific management'. Taylor set out to transform what had previously been a crude art...

Published June 27th 2002 by Routledge.

more information about F. W. Taylor

Henri Fayol

Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

Henri Fayol, (1841-1925) along with F. W. Taylor, is one of the founders of 'classical management'. Fayol's work was the first significant attempt to develop...

Published November 22nd 2001 by Routledge.

more information about Henri Fayol

Region and Strategy in Britain and Japan

Business in Lancashire and Kansai 1890-1990

Edited by Takeshi Abe, Douglas A. Farnie, David J. Jeremy, Tetuso Nakaoka, John F. Wilson

Britain and Japan have both achieved, in succession, a position of global economic primacy. Within each state one region has served as an economic powerhouse....

Published December 2nd 1999 by Routledge.

more information about Region and Strategy in Britain and Japan

Banking Theory 1870-1930

Edited by Professor Forrest Capie, Geoffrey Wood

This set draws together rare material from 1870-1930 and ranges from monetary economics to straight banking theory. English banking theory changed little after a learning...

Published September 9th 1999 by Routledge.

more information about Banking Theory 1870-1930