Japanese corporate governance: Structural change and financial performance

• Main Authors: COLPAN, Asli M., YOSHIKAWA, Toru, HIKINO, Takashi, MIYOSHI, Hiroaki
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: corporate governance; Japanese management; institutional and legal changes; performance impact; Asian Studies; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Corporate Finance; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/158; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/1157/viewcontent/JapanCorporateGovernanceStrucChange_ABM_2007.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper analyzes institutional and legal changes related to corporate governance and their impact on financial performance in Japan since the second half of the 1990s. We attempt to address two issues systematically: (1) how much the governance reforms of Japanese firms transformed the convention...