Why Has Japan Succeeded? An Account of Japan's Work-Ethos in the Tokugawa Era

M. Shahid Alam ()

Working Papers from Queen's University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper seeks to explain Japan's competitiveness in terms of the character of her work-ethos formed in the Tokugawa era. Drawing on writings of European visitors to Japan from the 17th to 19th centuries, Japan's work-ethos is delineated in terms of a schema set out in the author's earlier work.

Date: 1985

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