Journal of Labour Economics (노동경제논집)
- Volume 21 Issue 1
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- Pages.115-145
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- 1998
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- 1229-6651(pISSN)
Technological Breakthrough and Intra-firm Organization: The Case of Japan
- Park, Se-Il (Law and Economics the College of Law, Seoul National University)
- Published : 1998.06.30
Abstract
This paper analyzes the intra-organizational characteristics of the Japanese firm, Kaisha. We want to know how they have been related to the successful story of the Japanese economy, especially to their capability to make a rapid technological breakthrough during the past half century. Intra-firm characteristics will be dealt with from four different but mutually interrelated aspects, which include production organization at the workshop level, incentive system, labor-management relations, and corporate governance. Each will be discussed in turn.
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