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Entrepreneurial Studies in Japan: An Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

Henry Rosovsky  and
Kozo Yamamura
Henry Rosovsky
Affiliation:
Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Kozo Yamamura
Affiliation:
Professor of Economics, Boston College
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Abstract

Where are the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Fords of recent Japanese history? Their absence may be explained by a lack of scholarly attention to the areas of entrepreneurship, business organization, and managerial practices. Professors Rosovsky and Yamamura review the historiography of Japan's industrialization and place the five articles in this special issue within the context of recent work in business and economic history.

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Business History Review , Volume 44 , Issue 1: Japanese Entrepreneurship , Spring 1970 , pp. 1 - 12
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1970

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