The Financial Behavior Of Japanese Corporations

Reviewed by William Diebold, Jr.

Naturally much of this book concerns technical detail but it is a valuable guide to the differences between Western and Japanese businesses and the way the latter handle debt, equity and profits. Professor Ballon of Sophia University and Mr. Tomita of Touche Ross International, who write clearly as well as authoritatively, see important changes since the mid-1970s in how Japanese industry is financed.