Title Region and strategy in Britain and Japan : business in Lancashire and Kansai, 1890-1990 = Ei Nichi Ryokoku ni okeru Chiiki to Keiei Senryaku : Rankasha to Kansai no Bijinesu, 1890-1990 / edited by Douglas A. Farnie [and others].

Descript 1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits. Series Routledge international studies in business history ; 7 Routledge international studies in business history ; 7. Note A collection of 10 comparative essays, each jointly written by a British and a Japanese scholar. Includes index. Contents 1. Region and history / Douglas A. Farnie and Takeshi Abe -- 2. Region and nation / Douglas A. Farnie and Tetsuro Nakaoka -- 3. Comparisons between the development of big business in the north-west of England and in Osaka, 1900-1990s / David J. Jeremy, Takeshi Abe and Jun Sasaki -- 4. Japan, Lancashire and the Asian market for cotton manufactures, 1890-1990 / Douglas A. Farnie and Takeshi Abe -- 5. Labour management in the textile industry / Kenneth D. Brown and Kingo Tamai -- 6. Electronics manufacturers in Osaka and Manchester : a comparison of Matsushita and Ferranti / Tetsuro Nakaoka and John F. Wilson -- 7. A comparison of Cammell Laird and Hitachi Zosen as shipbuilders / Toru Takamatsu and Ken Warren -- 8. Management education in Japan and the United Kingdom : regional dimensions / John F. Wilson and Tamotsu Nishizawa -- 9. Industrial research in Osaka and north-west UK from the 1920s to the 1960s / Minoru Sawai and Geoffrey Tweedale -- 10. Region and strategy / Douglas A. Farnie [and others]. Summary Highlighting the importance of regional and national differences in industrial development, this book is a pioneering long term comparison of the two regions of Lancashire and Kansai. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Industries -- England -- Lancashire -- History. Industries -- Japan -- Kansai Region -- History. Lancashire (England) -- Economic policy. Kansai Region (Japan) -- Economic policy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Economic policy. (OCoLC)fst00902025 Industries. (OCoLC)fst00971852 England -- Lancashire. (OCoLC)fst01204978 Japan -- Kansai Region. (OCoLC)fst01245201 Alt Author Farnie, D. A. Alt Title Ei Nichi Ryokoku ni okeru Chiiki to Keiei Senryaku : Rankasha to Kansai no Bijinesu, 1890-1990 ISBN 0203978323 (electronic bk.) 9780203978320 (electronic bk.)