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10%OFFDaniel I. Okimoto - Between MITI and the Market - 9780804718127 - V9780804718127
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Between MITI and the Market

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Description for Between MITI and the Market Paperback. Attempts to identify the reasons for the comparative effectiveness of Japanese industrial policy for high technology by answering the questions: What is the attitude of Japanese leaders toward state intervention in the marketplace? What is the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) doing to promote the development of high technology? Series: Studies in International Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 401.

Over the postwar period, the scope of industrial policy has expanded markedly. Governments in virtually all advanced industrial countries have extended the visible hand of the state in assisting specific industries or individual companies. Although greater government involvement in some countries has lessened the dislocations brought about by slower growth rates, industrial policy has also caused or exacerbated a number of other problems, including distortions in the allocation of capital and labor and trade conflicts that undermine the postwar system of free trade.

Only Japan is widely cited as an unambiguous success story. The effectiveness of its industrial policy is ... Read more

In this book, the author attempts to identify the reasons for the comparative effectiveness of Japanese industrial policy for high technology by answering the following questions: What is the attitude of Japanese leaders toward state intervention in the marketplace? What is the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) doing to promote the development of high technology? How has the organization of the private sector contributed to MITI's capacity to intervene effectively? What elements in Japan's political system help insulate industrial policymaking from the demands of interest-group politics?

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Studies in International Policy
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804718127
SKU
V9780804718127
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