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Continuity and Change in Corporate Governance: comparing Germany and Japan
Author(s) -
Jackson Gregory,
Moerke Andreas
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
corporate governance: an international review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1467-8683
pISSN - 0964-8410
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00429.x
Subject(s) - corporate governance , stakeholder , shareholder , german , accounting , diversity (politics) , convergence (economics) , business , control (management) , corporate law , shareholder primacy , economics , political science , finance , public relations , management , law , economic growth , archaeology , history
Germany and Japan are often seen deviating from an economic model of shareholder control and thereby as being similar by virtue of their mutual contrast with the US. Given the common challenges for bank‐based and stakeholder‐oriented models of corporate governance, Germany–Japan comparison seems particularly timely. This article provides an introductory overview and analysis for the Special Issue by comparing recent developments in corporate law reform, banking and finance, and employment in Germany and Japan. While rejecting arguments for international convergence, we discuss this evidence of simultaneous continuity and change in corporate governance as a potential form of hybridisation of national models or renegotiation of stakeholder coalitions in German and Japanese firms. One consequence is the growing diversity of firm‐level corporate governance practices within national systems.