| Japanese Management 20 years on - The contemporary 
						relevance of Japanese management practices | This report discusses the contemporary relevance of 
						Japanese management practices to managers, policymakers 
						and academic researchers. In the 1980s, a period marked 
						by strong performance of the Japanese economy and the 
						emergence onto the global stage of a number of leading 
						Japanese corporations, managers and management academics 
						in the UK and other Western countries studied Japanese 
						management with great interest. There was widespread recognition of the efficiency 
						and competitive advantage afforded by certain management 
						practices and several features of the ‘Japanese model’ 
						were adopted by companies in the UK, continental Europe 
						and North America. However, two decades of weak economic 
						growth have undermined this belief that Japanese 
						management can serve as a role-model for Western firms.
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