Japanese Takeovers: The Global Contest for Corporate Control

Synopsis of Japanese Takeovers: The Global Contest for Corporate Control

«Japanese Takeovers: The Global Contest for Corporate Control» is the essay by W. Carl Kester, published by Harvard Business School Press, in hardback.

Kester analyses the economic and cultural logic of business relationships in Japan. He argues that there is no active market for corporate control because Japanese firms prefer to maintain long-term alliances rather than buy assets, and that their purchases abroad aim to protect those alliances.

A 298-page work in English, originally published in 1990. Includes case analyses such as Dainippon Ink, Sony, Bridgestone, Nippon Mining and Merck-Banyu, with bibliographic references and index.

Intended for professionals, analysts and university students of economics and business management.