Abstract: Japanese governance model is the of the product of the firms' reduction of the complexity and uncertainty of the running environment in stages in order to protect its own survival and growth,facing the special market and social conditions of postwar age,and based on path dependency of the prewar and wartime institutional arrangement.At the beginning of the new millennium,because of the demand in enterprise field,and the promotion for the innovation in market field,the firm has been continually breaking the restriction of potential rules in social field,and finally realizes the innovation and development of corporate governance structure.A revelation could be achieved that the innovation of governance system is a process of causal transition,in which the enterprises'autonomous acts and the system's self-organization should be in the leading position.

Key words: corporate governance, Japanese firms, uncertainty, path dependency

摘要： 日本型公司治理是企业在一定的战前与战时制度的历史路径依赖下,面对战后特殊的市场和社会条件,为维持自身的存续和成长而阶段性地对环境复杂性和不确定性进行缩减的产物。进入21世纪,这一模式又在企业域内需求的牵引和市场域变革的推动下,通过不断打破社会域内暗默性规则的制约,实现创新与发展。由此可见,公司治理制度的变革应是一个诱致性变迁过程,其中企业的自发性行为和制度的自组织化占应据主导地位。

关键词: 公司治理, 日本企业, 不确定性, 路径依赖