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Part 1 The firm: characteristics of Japanese firms, Kenichi Imai andRyutaro Komiya; toward an economic model of the Japanese firm, Masahiko Aoki;the "Human-capital-ism" of the Japanese firm as an integrated system,Hiroyuki Itami; the provision of resources and barriers to exit, Tadao Kagonoand Takao Kobayashi. Part 2 Intercorporate relations: interfirm relations andlong-term continuous trading, Motoshige Ito; enterprise groups, Kenichi Imai;subcontracting relationships - the automobile industry, Yoshiro Miwa. Part 3Enterprise behaviour: organizational structure and behaviour in research anddevelopment, Ryuhei Wakasugi; profitability and competitiveness, HiroyukiOdagari; plant and equipment investment, Yoshiyasu Ono and Hiroshi Yoshikawa;product development and innovation, Ikujiro Nonaka. Part 4 Human resources:the employment system and human resource management, Kazutoshi Koshiro;intellectual skills and long-term competition, Kazuo Koike; in thedeterminants of bonuses and basic wages in large Japanese firms, Isao Ohashi.Part 5 Public and co-operative enterprises: the privatization of publicenterprises - background and results, Masu Uekusa; public utilities - the gasand electric power utilities, Tetsuya Kishimoto; the co-operative as abusiness enterprise, Naomi Saeki; the life insurance company as a businessenterprise, Ryutaro Komiya.