Economic, Industrial and Managerial Coordination between Japan and the USA

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Kiyoshi Abe, William Gunther, Harold See

      Pages 1-7

3. Economic Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Barriers to Trade Negotiation Harmony: Cultural Contradictions

      • Lawrence W. Foster

      Pages 11-26

   3. Japanese Direct Investment in the USA: Direct Investment, Hollowing-Out and Deindustrialization

      • Kiyoshi Abe

      Pages 27-59

   4. US Deindustrialization and Pacific Imports

      • David C. Cheng, William D. Gunther, Kiyoshi Abe

      Pages 60-112

   5. International Monetary Policy Coordination: Tests of a Nominal Targeting Proposal

      • Donald L. Hooks

      Pages 113-151

   6. Monetary and Fiscal Policy Coordination: Japan and the USA

      • Kenji Komatsu

      Pages 152-166

   7. Household Saving Rate: Impact of Retirement Plan Participation

      • Mohamed Abdel-Ghany, Deanna L. Sharpe, Hisayo Shima

      Pages 167-184

   8. Development Assistance: US—Japan Economic Cooperation

      • Shigeyuki Abe, Bruce Koppel

      Pages 185-205

4. Industrial and Managerial Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. Transfer of Japanese Company Culture

      • Motofusa Murayama

      Pages 209-238

   3. Japanese Corporate English Training: A Lesson in Strategy

      • Chadwick B. Hilton

      Pages 239-251

   4. Telecommunications Trade Friction

      • Meheroo Jussawalla, Barbara Ross-Pfeiffer

      Pages 252-273

   5. Economic Incentives and Computer Software: A Comparative Analysis of Intellectual Property Law

      • Harold See, Rebecca Copeland

      Pages 274-304

   6. Property Rights in Computer Software: The Japan—US Framework as an International Standard

      • Sumner J. La Croix

      Pages 305-316

   7. Steel Restructuring in Japan and the USA

      • Trevor Bain

      Pages 317-341

   8. Import Liberalization and Domestic Beef: A Simulation based on an Econometric Model

      • Yasuhiko Yuize

      Pages 342-367

   9. Auto Industry Human Resource Strategies: The US Response to Japanese Competition

      • James Cashman

      Pages 368-386

5. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 387-387

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This volume is the product of a three-year collaborative project between Japanese and American scholars. Topics include foreign trade, foreign direct investment, coordination of monetary and fiscal policy, development assistance, telecommunications, intellectual property rights, and agricultural and corporate culture issues. The comparative analyses benefited from continuous dialogue among scholars from both sides of the Pacific.

• agriculture
• foreign direct investment
• foreign trade
• Import
• Japan
• monetary policy

• Chiba University, Japan

  Kiyoshi Abe

• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

  William Gunther, Harold See

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