Debroux, Philippe (1997) Some human management aspects of M&A in Japan - obstacles and opportunities offered to foreign companies. Malaysian Management Journal, 2 (1). pp. 11-22. ISSN 0128-6226

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Abstract

Out-in mergers and acquisitions activities in Japan have gradually increased but stay at a level extremely low compared with the situation in the Western World. Regulatory aspects remain important to explain this, but despite rapid changes in the socio-cultural environment, some idiosyncracies resulting from the concept of company remain. Japan is undertaking rapid socio-cultural changes and we should avoid being dragged into past perceptions far away from the modern reality. Nevertheless, as these characteristics lead, even today in a period of transition, to different management rules and labour attitudes and behaviour, they should still be considered with great care when doing business in Japan.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Corporate governance, familist analogy, out-in merger and acquisition, internal labour market, management practices, socio-cultural barriers, multiple stakeholders, structural and ideological norms, organisational commitment, hostile takeover, psychological contract, interaction rituals, meritocratic appraisal, organizational culture, task-oriented approach, transition groups, level of integration, counter- culture groups, group identity, management control
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2010 08:12
Last Modified:	28 Jun 2015 01:48
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/861

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