@article{776081,
      recid = {776081},
      author = {Shimada, Masakazu, and Narum, Paul,},
      title = {The entrepreneur who built modern Japan : Shibusawa Eiichi  /},
      pages = {x, 186 pages :},
      note = {"Originally published in Japanese as Shibusawa Eiichi :  shakai kigyōka no senkusha by Iwanami Shoten in 2011. The  original text has been revised and edited by the author for  the English version." -- Title page verso},
      abstract = {"In this penetrating biography of Shibusawa Eiichi  (1840-1931), one of Japan's foremost entrepreneurs, Shimada  Masakazu traces Shibusawa's youth, when he witnessed the  decay of Japan's feudal society and experienced the  benefits of modernization at first hand in Europe; his  service in the Ministry of Finance of the new Meiji  government in its early years; and his venture into  business and involvement in literally hundreds of companies  as he set about building the roots of modern corporate  Japan. Shimada also looks closely at Shibusawa's social  activities and his insistence that economics and morals are  inseparable. In troubled times like the present, when the  limits of capitalism are being seen around the world,  Shibusawa's vision is as relevant as ever"--Back cover.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/776081},
}