Description

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Explores how British and Japanese firms have responded to globalization from a long-term perspective. Incorporates studies from the 18th century and sheds light on the impact of the institutional setting, the influence of government and entrepreneurs, and the weight of historical contingency in conditioning firm responses to globalization.

About the Author

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EUGENE K. CHOI Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Technology Management, Ritsumeikan University, Japan CARLO MORELLI Senior Lecturer in Business and Economic History, University of Dundee, Scotland MINORU SHIMAMOTO Associate Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, Japan HIROMI SHIOJI Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan JUDY SLINN Senior, Lecturer, Department of Business and Management, Oxford Brookes University, UK ANDREW SMITH Senior Lecturer in History, Coventry University, UK JON STOBART Professor in History, University of Northampton, UK AASHISH VELKAR Lecturer in History, University of Manchester, UK