Japan Remodeled

by Steven Kent Vogel

Book Overview

As the Japanese economy languished in the 1990s Japanese government officials, business executives, and opinion leaders concluded that their economic model had gone terribly wrong. They questioned the very institutions that had been credited with Japan's past success: a powerful bureaucracy guiding the economy, close government-industry ties, "lifetime" employment, the main bank system, and dense interfirm networks. Many of these leaders turned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801473713
• ISBN13: 9780801473715
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher