Economic, industrial and managerial coordination between Japan and the USA : [papers presented at a conference held at the East West Center in 1990

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. 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 Edited By Kiyoshi Abe, William Gunther, And Harold See. Papers Presented At A Conference Held At The East-west Center In 1990, And Sponsored By The Chiba University And University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.