The Great East Japan Earthquake and Its Impact on German Firms An Empirical Study /

This publication sheds light on how Japan-based German firms dealt with the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in March 2011. To gather data, a questionnaire was developed and sent out in April 2012 to 244 German subsidiaries based in the Kanto area, mainly in Tokyo, with replie...

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Published in:Springer eBooks
Main Author: Bebenroth, Ralf (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Business,
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54451-7
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Disaster Impact 1 Introduction 2 Firm Level Impact (Why Focus Solely on German Firms? Questionnaire Based Research) 3 Economic Impact and Move (Temporary Closing or Relocation. Economic Impact. Autonomy and Leaving Japan?) 4 Situation of Non-Japanese Employees After the Disaster (Headquarter Sent Expatriates. Short-Term Visitors. Locally Hired Non-Japanese) 5 Results and Conclusion
  • Chapter 2 Subsidiary Autonomy and Expatriate Retreat 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Background. 3 Development of Hypotheses 4 Methods 5 Results 6 Discussion 7 Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 Subsidiary Dependency on Expatriate Departure and Headquarter Trouble 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Background 3 Development of Hypotheses 4 Methods 5 Results 6 Discussion 7 Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Closing Chapter.