Japan's Paradoxical Response to the New 'Global Standard' in Corporate Governance

40 Pages Posted: 27 Sep 2007 Last revised: 29 Oct 2014

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John Buchanan

University of Cambridge - Centre for Business Research (CBR)

Simon Deakin

University of Cambridge - Centre for Business Research (CBR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law

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Date Written: September 25, 2007

Abstract

We suggest, on the basis of empirical research into the implementation of recent legal reforms, that Japan is not moving inexorably towards a 'global standard' in corporate governance, based on external monitoring and a market for corporate control. Japanese corporate governance is nevertheless changing: in part as an indirect response to legal initiatives, new structures and practices are emerging, aimed at providing greater flexibility in decision-making, while retaining the organisational core of the Japanese firm. The paradoxical effect of legal reforms aimed, in large part, at transplanting the global standard, may be to renew the distinctive Japanese model of the corporation.

Keywords: corporate governance, Japan, legal reform

JEL Classification: K22, L20

Suggested Citation

Buchanan, John and Deakin, Simon F., Japan's Paradoxical Response to the New 'Global Standard' in Corporate Governance (September 25, 2007). CLPE Research Paper No. 26/2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1017300 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1017300

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