Small Firms in the Japanese Economy
Small Firms in the Japanese Economy
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日本经济中的小企业
DOI：
10.2307/133320
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发表时间：
1998
影响因子：
0.8
通讯作者：
D. Whittaker
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文献类型：
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作者：
U. Jurgens;D. Whittaker
本书探讨了小企业在日本经济中的作用，挑战了日本经济、社会和政治经济的既定观点。日本的大公司是家喻户晓的名字，主导着我们对日本经济的看法。但令人惊讶的是，日本也与意大利一样，在经合组织国家中拥有最高比例的小企业--以及其中的就业人数。这些小公司要么被忽视，要么被当作大公司的附属品。这本书描绘了一个平衡的图片基于一个独特的和丰富的统计调查。它着眼于日本主要机械工业中的小企业，它们之间的关系以及与大企业的关系，以及它们的内部管理，就业和技术动态。奇怪的是，与其他工业化国家小企业的“复苏”相反，日本小企业的数量和就业份额正在下降。
Now in paperback, this book considers the role of small firms in the Japanese economy and challenges established views of the Japanese economy, society and political economy. Japan's giant corporations are household names, and dominate our views of the Japanese economy. But surprisingly, Japan also ranks alongside Italy as having the highest proportion of small firms - and employment in them - amongst the OECD countries. These small firms have either been ignored, or they have been treated as appendages of large firms. This book paints a balanced picture based on a unique and statistically rich survey. It looks at small firms in Japan's leading machine industries, their relations with each other as well as with large firms, and their internal management, employment and technology dynamics. Paradoxically, in contrast to the 'resurgence' of small firms in other industrialised countries, their number and employment share in Japan are now in decline.