Heritage culture and business, Kyoto style : craftsmanship in the creative economy

Heritage culture and business, Kyoto style : craftsmanship in the creative economy /

Kyoto is a place where world-class high-tech industries exist alongside heritage industries. Achieving highly competitive strength by keeping a step ahead of the global standard, Kyoto also maintains the spirit of harmony that distinguishes Japanese style management. What is the essence of this styl...

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Main Author: Murayama, Yūzō, 1953- (Author)
Other Authors: Carpenter, Juliet Winters (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Tokyo, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2019.
Edition:First English edition.
Series:Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Subjects:
Corporations > Japan > Kyoto > History.
Business enterprises > Japan > Kyoto.
Business enterprises.
Corporations.
Economic history.
Economic conditions.
Kyoto (Japan) > Economic conditions.
Japan > Kyoto.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the English edition
  • Prologue: Kyoto, city of creativity.
  • Chapter one. The culture of craftsmanship at the heart of Kyoto business: 1. The culture of craftsmanship in heritage industries ; 2. The culture of craftsmanship, alive in high-tech industry
  • Chapter two. Combining tradition and technology: 1. The influence of heritage industries on high-tech industries ; 2. The influence of high-tech industries on heritage industries
  • Chapter three. Creating new value from cultural capital: 1. Culture supported by the common people ; 2. Contemporary vvalue from historical assets
  • Chapter four. Keeping cultural businesses in business: 1. The birth of cultural business ; 2. Innovations for the sake of continuity ; 3. Heritage industries at a crossroads
  • Chapter five. Culture meets culture: 1. Collaborations that shatter tradition ; 2. Linking Kyoto and overseas cultures
  • Chapter six. Kyoto culture goes global: 1. Kyoto culture promoted from the outside ; 2. Global development using traditional materials ; 3. Coveying the heart of Kyoto culture to the world
  • Chapter seven: The creative economy of Kyoto : implications: 1. People-centric creativity ; 2. Cultural business as a part of daily life ; 3. Craftsmanship and technology in the age of culture.
  • Bibliography
  • About the author and the translator.

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