Overview
- Explores historically successful experiments with sustainability in business practices
- Provides information on little-known episodes of Japanese economic history for foreign readers
- Focuses on how economic transformation can lead to sustainable practices
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Table of contents(13 chapters)
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Management by Philosophy
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Integration of Economy and Morality
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Value Creation Through Innovation
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Management that Enhanced Human Capital
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Creating Social Solutions
About this book
This book features 13 Japanese entrepreneurs who made a significant contribution to the development of society from 1868, when modernization in Japan began, to the 1950s, after World War II. They worked on solving social issues at the time through their businesses and succeeded in creating social value by solving social issues and economic value through the development of their businesses.
The business philosophies they practiced have been passed on to their successors, and the companies they founded are now providing value to consumers around the world. Those 13 entrepreneurs anticipated the integration of solving social issues into corporate management, which modern companies are expected to realize under the umbrella of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by United Nations in 2015. Their trajectories provide a wealth of practical knowledge necessary to survive in a changing society and provide many valuable lessons for modern companies and their managers.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
Masaatsu Takehara, Naoya Hasegawa
About the authors
Naoya Hasegawa is a Professor at Faculty of Sustainability Studies, Hosei University, Japan. His research focuses on business and sustainability, entrepreneur history. He obtained Ph-D at the Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University. He serves as Sustainability Senior Advisor at Sapporo Holdings Co., Ltd.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Management of Japanese Entrepreneurs in Pre-War Period from the Perspective of SDGs and ESG
Authors: Masaatsu Takehara, Naoya Hasegawa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6507-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6506-9Published: 30 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6509-0Published: 31 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6507-6Published: 29 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 249
Number of Illustrations: 184 b/w illustrations
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Sustainability Management, Economic History