Jokai / Mitsui / Tokai / American Amoskeag Manufacturing / Kashu / Fushimi / Saidaiji / Uwa / IV N.A. N.A. / Nankai / III N.A. N.A. / Owari / Dan River / Kuwana / Suez / Shibajima / Tenma / Cotton Spinning N.A. / Miike / Kanebo / Chita / Tokyo Stock Exchange / Mitsubishi / Tokyo gas / Hakata / Kumamoto / Shimotsuke / Fukushima Incorporated / Osaka Stock Exchange / Sumitomo / Nishinari / Tsushima / Bizen / Asahi / Kenshi / Dai / Kurume / Fuji / Awaji / /
Country
Nippon / Japan / United Kingdom / China / Russia / United States / Vietnam / Czech Republic / /
Currency
USD / JPY / / /
Event
M&A / Funding / /
Facility
University of Tokyo / Harvard University / Suez Canal / /
IndustryTerm
bank-centric organization / bond-based finance / family law / finance / main bank system / customary commercial law system / bank / control-oriented finance / non-bank firms / legal systems / concentrated finance / corporate law / economic infrastructure / equity finance / firm management / corner solution / insurance act / ramseyer@law.harvard.edu / large bank loans / corporate law provisions taking effect / /
NaturalFeature
Suez Canal / Uraga Bay / /
Organization
University of Tokyo / Ministry of Home Affairs / Court Organization / Harvard University / Sloan Foundation / World Bank / national government / /
Person
J. Mark Ramseyer / Lopez-Silanes / Sanji Muto / Mie Osaka Kanebo Tokyo / Perry / Yoshiro Miwa / David Scharfstein / / /
Position
local prefectural governor / local businessmen / entrepreneur / CEO / Professor / businessmen / Commodore / emperor / Professor of Economics / /
JEL Class: G32, K22, N65 Corporate Governance in Transitional Economies: Lessons from the Pre -War Japanese Cotton Textile Industry By Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer*