IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/pal/palchp/978-0-230-50306-9_2.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

Two Faces of Corporate Governance in Britain: Symbiotic Diffusion of Human Resource Management/Japanization and European Works Council

In: Asia and Europe in the New Global System

Author

Listed:
  • Hasegawa Harukiyo

Abstract

It is commonly assumed that managerial conditions in Germany are not favourable to Japanese manufacturing firms. It is notable, however, that some Japanese transplants not only manage to survive but even achieve solid results through the partial application of Japanese management and production techniques, and the adaptation to (or adoption of) particular location-specific management advantages in Germany. This chapter will address the following points: 1 How do Japanese transplants in Germany manage to cope with rigid social regulations and customs, such as the Tarif system based on AZUBI (to be described later), which are implemented through negotiations with labour unions and work councils (Betriebsrat)? 2 How do Japanese-style flexible production systems and ‘mechatronics’ (mechanical and electronics) technologies manage to coexist with German-style rigid work organization and mechanical engineering technology? 3 What are the advantages to Japanese manufacturers of having their production bases in Germany in terms of markets and logistics? What are the advantages of being in Germany in terms of supplying functionally advanced and high quality products to the German market, or in terms of parts procurement from suppliers and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) contracts with local manufacturers in eastern European countries?

Suggested Citation

  • Hasegawa Harukiyo, 2003. "Two Faces of Corporate Governance in Britain: Symbiotic Diffusion of Human Resource Management/Japanization and European Works Council," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Sung-Jo Park & Sierk Horn (ed.), Asia and Europe in the New Global System, chapter 2, pages 26-50, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50306-9_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230503069_2
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50306-9_2. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.palgrave.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.