Interesting Aspects of Studying Japanese Companies:

A Consideration from the Knowledge Based on Fieldworks Abroad

Abstract

This paper discusses interesting aspects of studying Japanese companies based on knowledge from fieldworks abroad. What the author considers to be interesting is a phenomenon different from a view commonly accepted. The author hopes that young scholars are stimulated from a discussion why such a phenomenon is observed. Main issues discussed in this paper are as follows: “centralization and decentralization regarding headquarter-foreign subsidiary relationship”, “localization of managers and human resource development” and “can Japanese system overcome the institutional and cultural barriers?”