Internal corporate governance discipline and the HRM system in large Japanese companies

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 346-359

  Debroux, Philippe ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 7244225008     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264405     Document Type: Article

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