1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The … productivity in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States -- 8. Assessing Japan's industrial competitiveness by … comparative studies analyze macro-level productivity. In this book, the productivity performance of China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan …

Agglomeration in Asia -- The relationship between Toyota and its parts suppliers in the age of information and …This book, a collaborative effort by researchers from Japan, Italy and the USA, seeks to explore the reasons for … industrial clustering in certain regions of Asia, Europe and North America. The studies presented illustrate real examples of …

Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … the USA and Japan -- 7. Empirical evidence on the links between industrial sectoral growth and the Lean Production System …

system and private savings in Italy -- Do the elderly dissave in Japan? -- On robust monetary policy -- The euro and the … account -- Land prices and business fixed investment in Japan -- Rationality, behavior and switching idiosyncracies in the …

This book explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the … -- 7. Background to trade policy in Japan -- 8. Issues concerning Japanese trade practices -- 9. A comparative perspective …

Kantor -- 7. Is the US ready for FDI from China? : lessons from Japan's experience in the 1980s / Curtis J. Milhaupt …

implications are tested in a comparative study of competitive performance in the EU, Japan and the USA. Typical mechanisms of …

reform and health policy in Asia-Pacific countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the US - nations …