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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.