By exploring the case of the watch industry, this book serves to establish a better understanding of the origins of the competitiveness of Japanese manufacturing and its evolution until its decline in the post‐bubble economy (in the 1990s and 2000s).
Pierre‐Yves Donzé is Associate Professor in business history at the Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University. His publications include History of the Swiss Watch Industry from Jacques David to Nicolas Hayek (2011) and articles in Business History, Social History of Medicine, Enterprise & Society and Business History Review.