Politics and productivity : the real story of why Japan works / edited by Chalmers Johnson, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, John Zysman
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Ballinger, c1989
Descript
xxi, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Deficits, equilibria, and trajectories: Trade, technologies, and development: a framework for discussing Japan -- Diverging trajectories; manufacturing innovation and American industrial competitiveness -- Politics and productivity: Developmental strategy and production innovation in Japan -- Keiretsu organization in the Japanese economy: analysis and trade implications -- The Japanese system at work: the arguments tested: MITI, MPT, and the telecom wars: how japan makes policy for high technology -- Weak links, strong bonds: U.S.-Japanese competition in semiconductor production equipment -- Defense production and industrial development: the case of Japanese aircaft