Does Diffusion Make an Institutionally Contested Practice Legitimate? Shareholder Responses to Downsizing in Japan, 1973–2005

Keyphrases

• Contested Practices 100%
• Japan 100%
• Shareholders 100%
• Financial Institutions 66%
• Japanese Firms 66%
• Long-term Relationship 33%
• Foreign Investors 33%
• Institutional Arrangements 33%
• Political Struggle 33%
• Conventional View 33%
• Main Bank 33%
• Political Contestation 33%
• Controversial Activities 33%
• Lifetime Employment 33%

Social Sciences

• Japan 100%
• Financial Institutions 100%
• Banks 50%
• Investors 50%
• Legitimization 50%
• Panel Data 50%