Globalization and Regional Dynamics: East Asia and the European Union from the Japanese and the German Perspective

Front Matter....Pages I-X
International Competition, Globalization and Mechanisms of the Expanding Crisis. Is the Simultaneity of the Crises in Japan and Korea a Coincidence?....Pages 1-17
The Asian Crisis: Its Causes, Course and Spread, and Stabilizing Options, from a German Perspective....Pages 19-41
The Strategies of the Japanese Government and Trade Associations....Pages 43-49
The US Dollar, the Euro, and the Yen: An Evaluation of Their Present and Future Status as International Currencies....Pages 51-79
Effects of Globalization and Crisis upon Competitive and Cooperative Relationships in Asia: The Example of the Japanese and East Asian Electronics Industries....Pages 81-107
Globalization and Crisis and Their Effects upon Japan and China — Judged by Assessing Their Regional Positioning and Foreign Mergers and Acquisitions....Pages 109-125
Effects of Globalization and of Regional and Business Adaptation upon Employment....Pages 127-146
Effects of Globalization on Employment and Wealth....Pages 147-165
Some Features of Japanese Direct Investment after the Second World War from the Perspective of East Asia....Pages 167-197
Financing Industrialization in Emerging Economies by Capital Inflows: A Matter of Regulation or Deregulation? Experiences from Asian Countries....Pages 199-224
The Economic Trend of the Last Three Years in Japan....Pages 225-233
Effects of Globalization on National Financial Systems....Pages 235-248
Arisawa Lecture: The Life and Work of Professor Hiromi Arisawa, with Special Reference to his Relationship to Germany....Pages 249-253