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In the face of head-on global competition, how did Japan’s human-resource management evolve through a ‘lost decade’ to arrive at its current state? If we compare Japanese human-resource management systems today to the practices that were common at Japan’s zenith in the 1980s, what do we find has changed?
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Ishida, M., Sato, A. (2010). The Evolution of Japan’s Human-Resource Management. In: Miyoshi, H., Nakata, Y. (eds) Have Japanese Firms Changed?. Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series Centre for the Study of Emerging Market Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294905_4
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