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

• Main Author: Sagers, John H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Business ethics.; Development economics.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Economic History.; Business Ethics.; Development Economics.; Asian Economics.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.

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...