List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Foreword; I.Hijiya-Kirschnereit The Current State of the Japanese Economy and Challenges for Japanese Management: An Overview; M.Pudelko & R.Haak Continuity through Change in Japanese Management: Institutional and Strategic Influences; D.Methe Organizational Survival; R.J.Ballon The Long Road to Globalization: In Search of a New Balance between Continuity and Change in Japanese MNCs; S.L.Beechler Innovation for Whom?; R.Dore Organizational Learning Mechanisms for Corporate Revitalization; Y.Teramoto & C.Benton Corporate Governance and Law Reform in Japan: From the Lost Decade to the End of History?; L.Nottage & L.Wolff A Perfect Financial Storm; J.C.Abegglen Japanese Human Resource Management: From Being a Miracle to Needing One?; M.Pudelko Japanese Production Management: Organizational Learning at the Confluence of Knowledge Transfer, Technology Development and Work Organization; R.Haak Continuity vs. Change: The Key Dilemma for Japanese Management: M.Pudelko Index