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The article reviews the book "Shifting boundaries of the firm: Japanese company-Japanese labour," by Mari Sako.

Books reviewed in this article: Masahisa Fujita and Jacques-François Thisse, Economics of Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location, and Regional Growth Timothy J. Bartik, Jobs for the Poor: Can Labor Policies Help? Miriam Solomon, Social Empiricism Nicole Pohl, Mobility in Space and Time: Challenges to the Theory of International Economics Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, and Charles van Marrewijk, An Introduction to Geographical Economics: Trade, Location and Growth Bruce A. Weber, Greg J. Duncan, and Leslie A. Whitener (eds.), Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform Wallace E. Oates (ed.), Property Taxation and Local Government Finance: Essays in Honor of C. Lowell Harris Maryann P. Feldman and Nadine Massard (eds.), Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation Dengjian Jim, The Dynamics of Knowledge Regimes: Technology, Culture and Competitiveness in the USA and Japan Harvey J. Miller and Jiawei Han (eds.), Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Anna Nagurney and June Dong, Supernetworks: Decision-Making for the Information Age Stuart McCook, States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940 Philip Scranton (ed.), The Second Wave: Southern Industrialization from the 1940's to the 1970's Stephen Haycox, Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska Kathleen Ann Pickering, Lakota Culture, World Economy Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: Hungary Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: Italy Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: Bergamo, Italy Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: Teruel, Spain Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: The Valencian Central Districts, Spain Jaakko Suvantola, Tourist's Experience of Place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed in this article: Kirsten Wever, Labor, Business and Change in Germany and the United States Ian Clark, Governance, the State, Regulation and Industrial Relations Raymond Markey, Paul Gollan, Ann Hodgkinson, Alain Chouraqui and Ulke Veersama (eds), Models of Employee Participation in a Changing Global Environment: Diversity and Interaction Andrew Pendleton, Employee Ownership, Participation and Governance: A Study of ESOPs in the UK Christopher Candland and Rudra Sil (eds), The Politics of Labor in a Global Age: Continuity and Change in Late–industrializing and Post–socialist Economies Chris Rowley and John Benson (eds), Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific Region Brendan Burchell, David Ladipo and Frank Wilkinson (eds), Job Insecurity and Work Intensification Jone L. Pearce, Organization and Management in the Embrace of Government Maury Peiperl, Michael Arthur, Rob Goffee and Tim Morris (eds), Career Frontiers: New Conceptions of Working Lives Steen Scheuer, Social and Economic Motivation at Work: Theories of Motivation Reassessed Cary L. Cooper, Philip J. Dewe and Michael P. O’Driscoll, Organizational Stress: A Review and Critique of Theory, Research and Applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews several books on industrial relations. "New Collective Forms of Work Organization in Eastern Europe," edited by L. Hethy, M. Lado and J.E.M. Thirkell; "Industrial Districts and Inter-firm Co-operation in Italy," edited by F. Pyke, G. Becattini and W. Sengenberger; "Women Assemble: Women Workers and the New Industries in Inter-War Britain," by Miriam Glucksmann; "US Hegemony Under Siege: Class, Politics and Development in Latin America," by James Petras and Morris Morley; "Improving Incentives for the Low Paid," edited by Alex Bowen and Ken Mayhew; Others.

Reviews several books on industrial relations. "Class, Power and Technology: Skilled Workers in Britain and America," by Roger Penn; "Culture, Control and Commitment," James R. Lincoln and Arne L. Kalleberg; "Continuous Improvement: Quality Control Circles in Japanese Industry," by Paul Lillrank and Noriaki Kano; "Current Issues in Labour Relations: An International Perspective," edited by A. Gladstone, R. Lansbury, J. Steiber, T. Treu and M. Weiss; Others.

Reviews the books "The Japanisation of British Industry," by Nick Oliver and Barry Wilkinson and "Toshiba's New British Company: Competitiveness Through Innovation in Industry," by Malcolm Trevor.

The article reviews the book "21st Century Japanese Management--New Systems, Lasting Values," by James C. Abegglen.

Reviews the book 'Built by Japan: Competitive Strategies of the Japanese Construction Industry,' by Fumio Hasegawa.

Reviews the book "Managers in the Making: Careers, Development and Control in Corporate Britain and Japan," by John Storey, Paul Edwards and Keith Sisson.

Reviews the book "The State and Labour in Modern Japan," by Sheldon Garon.

Reviews the book "Enterprise Unionism in Japan," by Hirosuke Kawanishi.

Reviews the books 'Productivity Growth in Japan and the United States,' edited by Charles R. Hulten and 'Industrial Harmony in Modern Japan: The Invention of Tradition,' by W. Dean Kinzley.

Reviews the book `Employment Relations in the Growing Asian Economies,' edited by Anil Verma, Thomas A. Kochan and Russell D. Lansbury.

Reviews the book 'The Japanese Automobile Industry: A Business History,' by Koichi Shimokawa.

Reviews two books. "Understanding Industrial Relations in Modern Japan," by Kazuo Koike; "Personality in Industry," by Hiroshi Tanaka.

Reviews books on social science in Japan. 'Nihon no Shokuba to Seisan Shisutemu (Japan's Production System and the Organization of Work),' by Nakamure Keisuke; 'Political Bribery in Japan,' by Richard H. Mitchell; 'Japan's Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity,' edited by Michael Weiner.