Japan's 'Lost Decade' - 9781138844797

Name: Japan's 'Lost Decade' - 9781138844797
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Japan's 'Lost Decade'Causes, Legacies and Issues of Transformative Change\nAuthor(s): W. Miles Fletcher III, Peter W. von Staden\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138844797, 978-1138844797\nSynopsis\nUnderstanding the 'lost decade' of the 1990s is central to explaining Japan today. Following a period of record high growth, the chronic downturn after 1990 raised fundamental questions about the course of the world's third largest economy. This crisis also presented Japan with the opportunity for transformative change. Changes have followed, some of them less than might be expected, and some of them far more sweeping than is generally realized. \n\nThis volume presents a wide range of international perspectives on post-bubble Japan, exploring the effects of the long downturn on the views of the Japanese business community, management practices, and national policies. To what degree has Japan's traumatic experience p.