Choose and focus: Japanese business strategies for the 21st century

Japan's strategic inflection point, 1998-2006

Postwar corporate strategy

Diversification versus focus

Corporate relations : keiretsu, cross-shareholdings, and the main bank

Ownership : institutional investors, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance

Subcontracting : globalization and supplier relations

Price competition : the business-to-business and retail price revolutions

Lifetime employment : changing human resource management

Venture capital : opening access to finance

New competitors : Softbank, Kakaku.com, Astellas, and SBI E*Trade

Conclusion : the new Japan.