"This book represents an initial attempt to compare China, Japan, and South Korea, three close geographical and …

"As the Japanese economy languished in the 1990s, Japanese government officials, business executives, and opinion … their options, they selected reforms to modify or reinforce preexisting institutions rather than to abandon them. In Japan … emerging Japan that has a substantially redesigned economic model characterized by more selectivity in business partnerships …

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