The Direction of Future Researches in Japanese Management Studies:

Aiming at Global Academic Attention

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to clarify the direction of future researches in the studies of Japanese firms and Japanese management in order to contribute to the academia by utilizing existing researches conducted in Japan. In addition, this paper reviews extensive studies on Japanese management in top journals and articles targeting Japanese firms from the year 2000 to date, when interests in Japanese management started diminishing. Moreover, this paper reveals three strategic directions for future researches concerning Japanese firms and Japanese management to regain global academic attention.