1. Introduction
2. Company as Family in Japanese MNCs?
3. An Institutional Logic Approach and Constellations of Logics: Family, Religion, Market and Corporate Logics
4. Comparative Ethnographic Case Study
5. Varieties of subsidiaries in Asia and the West: JapanCo
6. Ongaeshi as a Return for Favour to Organisations: Customer Development
7. Either Self-interest or ‘Family’ Interest? Work and Employment
8. Profiles of Japanised Managers: Work Organisation
9. Discussion and Conclusion
Biography
Hitoshi Iwashita (PhD, MBA) is an academic researcher and management consultant in terms of international management, cross cultural management and leadership, managerial work, strategy execution, and organisation studies. He taught organisational behaviour at Cardiff Business School and GLOBIS Management School. Before he was a doctoral researcher, he was an independent management consultant, a representative at Value Associates Inc. He completed an International MBA from IE Business School, and will receive a PhD in Business and Management from Cardiff Business School. His continuing interest lies in developing practice oriented research and education in cross cultural management.
‘This book examines Japanese multinational subsidiaries as hybrid forms of organisation, bridging national institutional contexts and cultures. Taking an ethnographic approach his study helps us with two important challenges: to reduce the artificial analytical boundary between the firm and its context, and to move from simple stereotypes to more nuanced characterisations of national and corporate cultures. This book is thoughtful, insightful and unashamedly personal. In keeping with the opening quote of the book by Edward T. Hall the reader comes away with a strong sense that the author has learnt more about his own culture through his reflections about others.’ — Simon Collinson, Professor of International Business and Innovation, Dean, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, U.K.
