Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprise Mutual Aid Organizations: Insights from Twenty Successful Cases

Author: (Japanese) Kazuo Yabuhashi
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book provides an overview of the management of small and medium-sized enterprises in Japan during times of change, the transformation of business models, post-war SME policies, and the state of organization. It then selects successful cases of advanced mutual aid organizations, identifies issues and countermeasures in the mutual aid movement, and views mutual aid organizations as forms of human organization, conducting some basic examinations of both people and organizations. Additionally, it confirms the starting point of mutual aid societies through their history and development, recognizing their historical context to clarify their ideology, principles, functions, and tasks. The Central Union of Small and Medium Enterprises is the sole guiding institution for mutual aid organizations. As its guiding capacity strengthens and organizational policies shift, its importance will further increase, and this book also introduces it.