Using a strategy of export-led growth and an activist industrial policy, Japan, the Asian Tigers and more recently China have attained high rates of economic growth. Export-led growth has taken over the status as model for developing countries' economic development from the formerly prevailing...

Japan was the first non-western country to accomplish successful industrialization, and the dominant perception of its industrial policy had over-emphasized specific characteristics of Japan. However, from the perspective of today's development thinking, Japan's economic history shared a wide...

The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the biggest earthquake recorded in Japanese seismic history, and the fourth largest recorded in the world. The scope of the disaster far exceeded that of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. The repercussions of this disaster spread far...

The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the biggest earthquake recorded in Japanese seismic history, and the fourth largest recorded in the world. The scope of the disaster far exceeded that of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. The repercussions of this disaster spread far...

Japans und Koreas wirtschaftliche Entwicklung nach 1945 ist stark durch den Einsatz industriepolitischer Maßnahmen geprägt worden. Dabei ist Korea dem japanischen Vorbild mit einer Verzögerung von 10 bis 15 Jahren gefolgt. In beiden Ländern hat sich die Industriepolitik immer stärker zu...

The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the biggest earthquake recorded in Japanese seismic history, and the fourth largest recorded in the world. The scope of the disaster far exceeded that of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. The repercussions of this disaster spread far beyond the...

Japan's and Korea's economic development after 1945 has been strongly influenced by industrial policy measures. Korea followed the Japanese model with a delay of 10-15 years. In both countries the industrial policy developed gradually into a technology policy. While this policy was at first...

Japan has an impressive history when it comes to aid, industrial policy, and infrastructure development, both as a country that saw meteoric development of its own, and as a country that has been one of the world's largest donors for decades. Looking towards an uncertain future in which...

Japans und Koreas wirtschaftliche Entwicklung nach 1945 ist stark durch den Einsatz industriepolitischer Maßnahmen geprägt worden. Dabei ist Korea dem japanischen Vorbild mit einer Verzögerung von 10 bis 15 Jahren gefolgt. In beiden Ländern hat sich die Industriepolitik immer stärker zu...

The relationship between large enterprises (LEs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Japan has undergone major changes during the long-term recession since 1991. While SMEs still play the important role of supplying parts and components to LEs through subcontracting, many LEs have started...