From publisher's description: Big Steel explores how the integrated steel industry is adapting to trade and international competition. These arise from the industry's diffusion beyond its historical core in North America and Europe. To show this occurred, Big Steel applies Paul Krugman's Nobel...

Contents: Industrial policy in a global perspective -- Competition and regulatory issues -- Research, technology and innovation -- Territory, industrial development and small firms -- The use of game theory in industrial policy analysis -- Particular views

Techno-globalism in the triad -- Explaining and evaluating MITI's techno-globalism -- The human frontier science program -- The intelligent manufacturing systems initiative -- The real world computing program -- A broader view of Japan's techno-globalism -- METI and the future of techno-globalism