The study of national business systems is increasingly concerned with the issue of path dependency and change. This paper seeks to clarify this debate through a theoretical and empirical examination of these issues in the context of change within the Japanese financial markets. The first section...

The study of national business systems is increasingly concerned with the issue of path dependency and change. This paper seeks to clarify this debate through a theoretical and empirical examination of these issues in the context of change within the Japanese financial markets. The first section...

The knowledge base of companies is increasingly seen as underlying a firm’s performance, and the role of knowledge workers within this framework is seen as strongly associated with a firm’s competitive performance. This perspective views the effective management of knowledge workers as...