Foreword Summary Chapter 1. Introduction 1. Purpose 2. Related Works (1) Studies on Intercorporate Relations (2) Domestic Literature on Shared Growth 3. Structure and Scope of Study Chapter 2. Attitudes on Shared Growth 1. Concept and Components of Shared Growth (1) Concept of Shared Growth (2) Components of Shared Growth 2. Necessity of Shared Growth (1) Corporate Competitiveness (2) Continuous Advancement of National Economy (3) Realization of Fair Society 3. Roles of Large and Small Companies for Shared Growth (1) Role of Large Companies (2) Role of Small Companies 4. Understandings and Attitudes toward Shared Growth (1) Public Understanding and Attitude (2) Attitudes of Business Entities Chapter 3. Analysis of Shared Growth and Its Progress 1. Theoretic Review (1) Cooperation and Corporate Performance (2) Trust and Corporate Performance 2. Analysis of Contribution to Corporate Performance (1) Methods of Analysis (2) Corporate Performance and Degree of Cooperation for Shared Growth: Variance Analysis of Different Corporate Subclasses (3) Contribution of Shared Growth to Corporate Performance: Multiple Regression Analysis (4) Analysis of Path of Shared Growth’s Impact on Corporate Performance: Structural Equation Modeling 3. Findings Chapter 4. Status and Evaluation of Corporate Programs for Shared Growth 1. Scope and Method of Analysis (1) Scope of Programs Subject to Analysis (2) Methods of Analysis 2. Status of Programs (1) Status of Programs per Industry and Area of Cooperation (2) Recent Changes 3. Programs’ Supply and Demand, and Contribution to Corporate Performance (1) Supply and Demand of Programs (2) Analysis of Contribution to Corporate Performance by Shared Growth-oriented Programs 4. Major Issues with Programs and Pragmatic Alternatives (1) Programs for Financial Aids (2) Joint R&D Program (3) Programs to Enhance Productivity (4) Client’s Material-Supplying Programs (5) Programs for Joint Overseas Advance (6) Programs to Develop Human Resources (7) Programs for Profit Sharing Chapter 5. The Government’s Role and Tasks as Guardian of the Eco-system 1. Overview (1) Background (2) Content and Features 2. Progress and Problems (1) Progress (2) Problems Exposed during Pursuit of Policies 3. Principles and Strategies of Policies (1) Principles (2) Strategies 4. Policy Agendas (1) Encouraging Adoption of Reasonable Payment Methods (2) Establishment of Fair Trade Practices (3) Support for Programs to Encourage Corporate Cooperation (4) Expansion of Scope of Shared Growth (5) System Implementation for Shared Growth References Appendix