Cases on International Business and Finance in Japanese Corporations

While globalization of the Japanese economy has been advancing with astounding speed, significant differences remain between the management philosophy and techniques used within Japanese companies and those used in the West. These include the significant differences in the use of capital budgeting techniques, economic and political assessment of projects, decision-making styles, and techniques of corporate governance. Furthermore, Keiretsu (interlocking shareholdings) still plays an important role in the financing of companies in Japan. Such differences have a momentous impact on decision-making processes within companies.

This case book illustrates many of the key differences that exist in the realm of corporate governance and finance. As one of the very few casebooks written in English on Japanese corporations, this book offers valuable insights into Japan's unique business culture.

• Tokyo Disneyland: Licensing vs. Joint Venture
• Tokyo Disneyland and the DisneySea Park: Corporate Governance and Differences in Capital Budgeting Concepts and Methods between American and Japanese Companies
• A Rogue Trader at Daiwa Bank (A): Management Responsibility under Different Jurisprudential Systems, Practices and Cultures
• A Rogue Trader at Daiwa Bank (B): The Board Meeting on September 25, 1995 in Japan
• Hostile Takeover Battle in Japan: Fuji TV vs. Livedoor for NBS
• Livedoor: The Rise and Fall of a Market Maverick
• Nireco Japan: Introduction of the Poison Pill
• Ina Food Industry: A New Management Philosophy for Japanese Businesses
• OSG Corporation: Hedging Transaction Exposure
• Bank of Japan's Meeting in March 2006: An End to the Quantitative Easing Policy?
• World Co. Ltd., Japan: Why Go Private?
• J-COM: Share-Trade Irregularities on the Day of IPO
• Softbank's New Strategy: The Largest LBO in Japan
• Keidanren: Foreign Political Contributions in Japan
• Tokyo Disneyland (3): New Strategies Needed for Sluggish Demand
• Licensing Arrangement or Joint Venture (4): An Ex Post Case Study of Tokyo Disneyland
• Ina Food Industry (2): Marketing Strategies in a Deflationary Environment
• Bank of Japan (2): The Meeting on April 4, 2013 (Doubling Japan's Monetary Base via Government Bond Purchase)
• Abenomics of Japan: What was It? Could This Conquer Japan's Decade-Long Deflation?
• Saizeriya and the Use of Foreign Currency Coupon Swaps: Was This for Hedging or Speculation?