Digital transformation and demographic change are usually seen as two separate but threatening events. As Japan is the world's frontrunner in demographic change, it faces these two disruptions at the same time. This Element explores how the Japanese state is trying to balance the unfolding demands of the digital economy.
"Ulrike Schaede explores the "New Japan" in this book, focusing on how a country can reinvent itself and succeed in achieving both continued corporate profitability and social stability. Her analysis rests on four core areas of reinvention, largely relating to Japanese corporate and federal reorientation organization around business strategies that promote economic growth, as well as on Japan's social and cultural frameworks and their impact on economic output"-- Provided by publisher
Examines how choose and focus strategies, whereby corporations concentrate on core areas and spin off unrelated businesses, have completely altered the strategic logic of Japan's previous industrial architecture.