Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- I The Japanese Industrial System -- Chapter 1. Japan and the New Global Economy -- Chapter 2. Samurai Management: A Framework for Analysis -- II Japan’s Societal Policies -- Chapter 3. Japan Inc.: Business-Government Relations -- Chapter 4. The Visible Hand: Industrial Planning -- Chapter 5. Technology and the Knowledge Economy -- Chapter 6. Asian Wall Street: Japanese Banking and Finance -- III The Corporate System -- Chapter 7. Samurai Education and Management Recruitment -- Chapter 8. Management Strategy and Organization -- Chapter 9. Human Resource Strategies and Work -- Chapter 10. Production and Operations Management -- IV Japan and the World Economy -- Chapter 11. Japanese Marketing: From Sogo Shosha to the Big Mac -- Chapter 12. The Acid Test: Japanese Management Abroad -- Chapter 13. The Globalization of Japan -- Chapter 14. Samurai Duel: Learning from Japan -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index