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 …

1. Introduction to development in China, India and Japan -- 2. Development theory -- 3. An Asian leader : Japan … trajectory -- 6. Poverty and inequality in China, India and Japan -- 7. urbanization and migration -- 8. Demographics, education …, health and labor -- 9. The impact of development on the environment -- 10. Trade in China, India and Japan -- 11. Economic …

pt. 1. Necessary change or shameless surrender? Economic reform in Japan -- pt. 2. The fine art of financial … incompetence -- pt. 3. Japanese firms : happy families or anonymous corporate structures? -- pt. 4. Producing a more Japan … the underlying conflicts in Japan's economy and society that makes choosing a new direction such a difficult proposition …