Resolute Japan
The Leaders Forging a Corporate Resurgence
- 208 pages
- English
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Resolute Japan
The Leaders Forging a Corporate Resurgence
About this book
Discover how Japan's new leadership model has transformed its top companies and created a new paradigm for business success In Resolute Japan, Waseda University's Jusuke J. J. Ikegami and the Wharton School's Harbir Singh and Michael Useem reveal a new leadership model that has led Japan's corporations to make a stunning comeback. In the process, they share what they have learned from interviews with more than 100 CEOs and top executives of Japan's largest and most influential companies, including Hitachi, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, NTT, and Panasonic.In this book, you will discover:
+ How Japan's new leadership model has led to superior performance in the stock market and beyond;
+ The core principles and practices that characterize Japan's new leadership model and how they differ from the old models;
+ How Japan's new leadership model enables companies to balance multiple and often conflicting objectives, such as shareholder value and social responsibility, short-term results and long-term growth, and agility and stability;
+ How Japan's new leadership model fosters innovation, resilience, and competitiveness in a rapidly changing global environment;
+ Why, even in an environment of macroeconomic stagnation due to economic policies at the national level, individual companies can achieve sustainable development through this new leadership model; and
+ How Japan's new leadership model can inspire and inform business leaders in the West and elsewhere who are facing similar challenges and opportunities. Resolute Japan offers a rare and insightful perspective on the new corporate fabric of Japan, one that is sure to both challenge and enlighten leaders around the world.
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Table of contents
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Japan’s Reversal of Fortune
- Chapter 1: Resolute Japan: A New Leadership Model
- Chapter 2: The Corporate Comeback in Japan: Leading at the Edge
- Chapter 3: Habitual to Resolute Leadership: The Engines and Architects of Model RJ
- Chapter 4: Ambidextrous Management and Portfolio Renewal: New Ways of Business without Shedding the Old
- Chapter 5: Presiding Directors to Decisive Directors: Governing Boards Take Charge
- Chapter 6: Work Security to Talent Mastery: Longevity and Productivity
- Chapter 7: Fortifying Business Leadership in Japan: How Executives and Directors Are Preparing for the Remake Ahead
- Chapter 8: What Global Managers Can Learn from Japan’s Corporate Comeback: The Leadership Capabilities That Business Leaders Everywhere May Want to Master
- Acknowledgments
- Business Leaders Interviewed for the Book
- Notes
- References
- About the Authors
- About Wharton School Press
- About the Wharton School
- About Penn Press