Comparative Responses to Globalization

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Contributors Notes on Conventions Introduction: Comparative Perspectives of Globalization: Historical Reflections on British and Japanese Enterprises An Empire of Goods? Groceries in Eighteenth-century England; J.Stobart Globalization and Voluntary Consensus Standardization in the British Wire Industry c1880; A.Velkar The City of London, British Ethnic and National Identities, and Investment Decisions in the Anglophone New World, 1860-1914; A.Smith The Genesis of Modern Management of Technology: The Case of the Meiji Cotton Spinning Sector in Globalization Circa 1880s-1890s; E.Choi Globalization and Family Business, The Renewal of Idemitsu Kosan, 1990s-2000s; M.Shimamoto Jute, Firm Survival and British Industrial Policy: Government Action Under Globalization; C.Morelli Emerging Market Strategies in Compact Vehicles: The Case of Japanese Automakers; H.Shioji The Pressures of Globalization in Retail: The Path of Japanese Department Stores, 1930s-1980s; R.Fujioka Globalization and Change in the Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry, 1990-2010; M.Umemura The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Challenges in an Era of Globalization; J.Slinn Index