Japan's Turn The Interchange in Economic Leadership

by Mourdoukoutas, Panos

• ISBN13: 9780819192981
• ISBN10: 0819192988
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-16
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

With a lead in microelectronics applications and flexible institutions, Japan, rather than Europe, is to succeed the United States' economic leadership in the post-Soviet era. This book is an inquiry into the transition economics of this era and the differences between the American and Japanese economic problems. Contents: Introduction; PART I. Economic Performance, Resources and Institutions; The Japanese Economy and Government: An Overview; The Japanese Corporation and Industry; Employment Relations; Assimilation of New Technology: Labor Adjustment; PART II. Economic Relations with the U.S. and the Pacific; The Anatomy of the Japanese Trade Surplus; Japanese Direct Investment in the U.S.; Japan and the Region; Japan in the 21st Century: An Unusual Leadership. Tables and graphs with each chapter.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Economy and Government: An Overview	p. 17
Corporate Organization and Industry	p. 55
Employment Relations	p. 77
Assimilation of New Technology: Labor Adjustment	p. 99
The Anatomy of the Japanese Trade Surplus	p. 125
Japanese Direct Investment in the U.S.	p. 163
Japan and the Pacific Region	p. 193
Japan in the 21st Century: An Unusnal Leadership	p. 217
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