Confucian Capitalism Shibusawa Eiichi, Business Ethics, and Economic Development in Meiji Japan /

With the life story of Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931), one of the most important financiers and industrialists in modern Japanese history, as its narrative focal point, this book explores the challenges of importing modern business enterprises to Japan, where the pursuit of profit was considered benea...

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1. Verfasser: Sagers, John H. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schriftenreihe:Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
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ISBN:9783319763729
ISSN:2662-6497
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Shibusawa Eiichi and the Idea of Confucian Capitalism
  • Chapter 2: Economic Change and Intellectual Innovation in Tokugawa Japan
  • Chapter 3: Government Bureaucrats and Capitalist Institutions in 1870s Japan
  • Chapter 4: The Ethical Entrepreneur as a Servant of Japan's National Interest
  • Chapter 5: Competing Priorities of Infrastructure Investment and Military Expansion in Late Meiji Japan
  • Chapter 6: Business Leaders as Civilian Diplomats in Early Twentieth-Century Japan
  • Chapter 7: Confucian Capitalism and the Search for Economic Prosperity and Social Harmony in Early Twentieth-Century Japan
  • Chapter 8: Purposeful Preservation of Shibusawa Eiichi's Legacy.