Economic, Industrial and Managerial Coordination between Japan and the USA

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Barriers to Trade Negotiation Harmony: Cultural Contradictions....Pages 11-26
Japanese Direct Investment in the USA: Direct Investment, Hollowing-Out and Deindustrialization....Pages 27-59
US Deindustrialization and Pacific Imports....Pages 60-112
International Monetary Policy Coordination: Tests of a Nominal Targeting Proposal....Pages 113-151
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Coordination: Japan and the USA....Pages 152-166
Household Saving Rate: Impact of Retirement Plan Participation....Pages 167-184
Development Assistance: US—Japan Economic Cooperation....Pages 185-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Transfer of Japanese Company Culture....Pages 209-238
Japanese Corporate English Training: A Lesson in Strategy....Pages 239-251
Telecommunications Trade Friction....Pages 252-273
Economic Incentives and Computer Software: A Comparative Analysis of Intellectual Property Law....Pages 274-304
Property Rights in Computer Software: The Japan—US Framework as an International Standard....Pages 305-316
Steel Restructuring in Japan and the USA....Pages 317-341
Import Liberalization and Domestic Beef: A Simulation based on an Econometric Model....Pages 342-367
Auto Industry Human Resource Strategies: The US Response to Japanese Competition....Pages 368-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
An Overview of Coordination Concerns....Pages 389-392
Back Matter....Pages 393-408