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 …

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

1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor … supply of the elderly and females -- 3. Labor force ageing and economic growth in Japan -- 4. Ageing and elderly care in an … society and the choice of Japan : migration, FDI and trade liberalization -- 7. Retirement in non-cooperative and cooperative …

The contributors to this book, from the US and Japan, explore the main issues involved in the international trade …, foreign direct investment, and macro/financial relations of the United States and Japan and provide guidance to policymakers … for measures to help overcome Japan's economic stagnation since the early 1990s. The book is divided into three parts …