The Internationalization Of The Japanese Economy

Author : Chikara Higashi,Peter G. Lauter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401577502

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The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy by Chikara Higashi,Peter G. Lauter Pdf

The internationalization of the J apanese economy, or the shift from an export-Ied to a domestic demand-Ied growth, is one of the important cu ne nt developments in the world-economy. lt involves the interaction of a variety of economic, social and cultural factors which many observers outside of Japan need to appreciate in order to understand what the process entails. Drs. Higashi and Lauter have written a book which is providing de tailed insight into the policy alternatives which the Japanese government has chosen to achieve the objectives of the internationalization process. Moreover, they have also analyzed the potential problems which sur round the implementation of the complex policies. I believe that their book is a valuable addition to both the academic and the generalliterature on Japan's efforts to change its role in the world economy and to contribute to the well-being of people everywhere. Michio Watanabe Tokyo, March 1987 Minister of International Trade and Industry December 1985-July 1986 Minister of Finance July 1980-November 1982 Xl The Internationalization Of The Japanese Economy 1 THE PATH TO ECONOMIC POWER Japan, known around the world as a smalI, resource-poOf island country, has experienced a greater than tenfold increase in its gross national product (GNP) in real terms since 1950.

Author : Glenn D. Hook,Michael Weiner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135035372

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The Internationalization of Japan by Glenn D. Hook,Michael Weiner Pdf

The Internationalization of Japan provides the English-speaking reader with the opportunity to hear what some of Japan's leading social scientists and other commentators have to say about the internationalization of their country as well as their country's impact overseas. The topic is of extreme importance now as the international community demands a greater Japanese contribution to international society as well as changes in Japan to facilitate foreign access. The book discusses the internationalization of politics, economy and society. Topics of special interest include the internationalization of Japanese capital, the response of Japanese society to foreign workers, local level initiatives for internationalization and the internationalization of education. To place the internationalization of Japan in comparative perspective there are chapters on Britain and the United States from a leading British and a leading American political scientist respectively. These two and the editors aside, all the contributors are highly regarded Japanese scholars or commentators.

Author : Michèle Schmiegelow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317235101

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Japan's Response to Crisis and Change in the World Economy by Michèle Schmiegelow Pdf

Originally published in 1986, after a period of global changes and financial crisis in the majority of industrialised countries, this book explores how Japan’s economy seemed to maintain its success. This study provides an overview of the Japanese case and the main schools of thought that arose from it by dealing with export-related issues such as reforms in foreign exchange and trade control laws and the internationalisation of Japan’s financial markets as well as more domestic issues such as employment and wages. This title will be of interest to students of Asian Studies and Economics.

Author : Ryuhei Wakasugi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9784431545323

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Internationalization of Japanese Firms by Ryuhei Wakasugi Pdf

This book takes a comprehensive look at Japanese firms engaging in export and foreign direct investment (FDI) and develops new methods and data to investigate the internationalization of firms, which is a focus issue in international trade. Using micro-level data, the book provides an introduction to theoretical and statistical analysis of internationalization modes of Japanese firms with productivity heterogeneity. It makes clear that although the productivity of internationalized Japanese firms is higher on average than that of firms serving only the domestic market, the difference in productivity between exporters and FDI firms is not as obvious in comparison with that of their counterparts in the United States and Europe. Focusing on this point, the book analyzes not only productivity heterogeneity among firms, but also the differences in firm-specific factors other than productivity: industry-specific factors, market-specific factors such as market size and variable and fixed costs for export, and FDI in destination countries. This in-depth investigation reveals how those factors make the modes of Japanese firms’ internationalization different from those in the United States and Europe. Further analysis focuses on the effects of match quality, organizational and institutional factors in the market on firms’ exports, and FDI. As an approach to the current trends in international trade, this book is unique in using detailed firm-level panel data drawn from Japanese government statistics.

Author : Mitsuaki Okabe
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0312122195

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The Structure of the Japanese Economy by Mitsuaki Okabe Pdf

This book illuminates the characteristics of the Japanese economy and describes the sources of the strength of this dynamic economy. It also analyses how and why these features have been changing over recent years, as a result of deregulation, internationalization, and the accumulation of various assets in the economy. The papers included in this volume, written by leading researchers in their respective areas, together with an introductory overview, provide one of the most detailed and rigorous examinations of the structure of the contemporary Japanese economy. Topics covered in this book include the Japanese firm, the labour market, the patterns of saving, investment and growth, the financial system, macroeconomic policies and international economic relations. While maintaining analytical rigour, the book is easily accessible and useful for those readers with just a basic background of economics.

Author : Malcolm Trevor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000230734

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The Internationalization Of Japanese Business by Malcolm Trevor Pdf

This book examines the progress of internationalisation of European and Japanese business in four different fields: the commodities and service trade, capital transfers, enterprise management, and information and culture.

Author : Roger Farrell
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848442825

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Japanese Investment in the World Economy by Roger Farrell Pdf

As the title suggests, this is an ambitious book. Broad in scope and rich in detail, it examines the rise and fall of Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) in nearly two dozen industries, from electronics and automobile manufacturing to real estate and construction services, in almost every region of the world over the past half century or more. The result is an encyclopedic volume (459 pages with index). . . useful for East Asian business scholars or those interested in the overseas activities of Japanese firms. Farrell has written. . . a sweeping survey of Japanese FDI. Walter Hatch, Journal of Japanese Studies Roger Farrell has written a weighty compendium on Japanese direct foreign investment. At over 450 pages it covers the full array of Japan s diverse industries and sectors, from fisheries and lumber to steel and automobiles, and in the service industries from banking to telecommunications. Apart from the breadth of coverage, this work is even more remarkable considering that Japanese multinationals and their overseas investments have been largely under the radar of social scientists of late, especially so since the ascent of China in the early years of the present decade. David W. Edgington, Growth and Change Enhanced with indexes, appendixes, and editorial opinions on the subject, Japanese Investment in the World Economy is a complete and comprehensive scholarly reference, ideal for college and community library economics collections. Midwest Book Review The Economics Shelf This book examines Japanese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the world economy over more than five decades. It provides a unique focus on the internationalisation experience of selected industries, such as forestry, textiles, electronics, motor vehicles, steel and services as well as case studies of individual firms. Roger Farrell considers the theoretical explanations for Japanese FDI and particular motivations which have been an ongoing rationale for FDI, including: energy and resource security the theme of retaining market access the relocation of manufacturing to retain international competitiveness withdrawal after the bubble economy the new phase of investment in the 2000s. Japanese Investment in the World Economy is distinctive in that it examines overseas investment by firms in the primary, manufacturing and services sectors over the period in which the Japanese economy became the second largest in the world. The book provides a succinct overview of Japanese FDI of interest to professionals and students of business, economics, international relations, politics and Japanese culture.

Author : Aiko Ikeo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317747536

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A History of Economic Science in Japan by Aiko Ikeo Pdf

Japanese economists began publishing scientific papers in renowned journals including Econometrica in the 1950s and had made their significant contributions to the sophistication of general equilibrium analysis by intensive use of a variety of mathematical instruments. They had contributed significantly to the transformation of neoclassical economics. This book examines how it became possible for Japanese economists to do so by shedding light on the "professional" discussion of the international gold standard and parity policies in the early twentieth century, the acceptance of "mathematical economics" in the following period, the impact of establishment of the Econometric Society (1930), and the swift distribution of theory-oriented economics journals since 1930. This book also includes topics on the historical research of the Japanese foundations of modern economics, the transformation of the economics of Keynes into Keynesian economics, Japanese developments in econometrics, and Martin Bronfenbrenner's visit to Japan in the post-WWII period. This book provides insight into the economic research done by Japanese scholars in the international context. It traces how, during the period 1900-1960, economics was harmonized with economics and a standard economics was re-shaped on the basis of mathematics thanks to economists' appetite for rigor and will help to contribute to existing literature.

Author : Hiromitsu Ishi
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191590115

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Making Fiscal Policy in Japan by Hiromitsu Ishi Pdf

Making Fiscal Policy in Japan is written for those who want to understand the role and performance of fiscal policy as an integral component of macroeconomic policy, and the attendant effects on economic growth. The case explored here is post-Second World War Japan, but the approach is one of international comparison. Ishi traces and analyses the central features of postwar Japanese fiscal policy and considers the institutional framework and policy objectives which shaped the budget process. The first part of the book provides a detailed overview of the topic, with detailed institutional and empirical information. In particular, the role that government played in Japan's postwar economic growth is explored in depth, with specific focus on the four sub-periods of occupation, rapid economic growth, internationalization, and the bubble economy. Part II explains the basic framework of budgets, the budgetary process in Japan, and fundamental strategies of fiscal authority. It looks in depth at the unique aspects of the balanced budget policy for 1953-65 and then at how financial resources for budgeting were automatically generated in a growing economy. The final part analyses specific policy issues in the public sector, among them human resource development, the ageing population and the social security system, tax incentives for export promotion, the Fiscal Investment and Loan Programme, and intergovernmental grant policy. Ishi argues that the Japanese government has been generally passive in guiding the state's economic activities, using fiscal policy to support the private economy rather than directly to influence the economy through deliberate expenditure and tax policies. The approach has been one of enhancing the market rather than of government intervention.

Author : Ryuzo Sato,Takashi Negishi
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483270104

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Developments in Japanese Economics by Ryuzo Sato,Takashi Negishi Pdf

Developments in Japanese Economics provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of the developments in Japanese economics. This book presents the process innovative aspect of Japanese science and technology. Organized into three parts encompassing 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the heterogeneous capital goods model that is stable even with an infinitely short forecast. This text then emphasizes that the changes in capital accumulation are relevant for economic growth and decline. Other chapters consider the examples of how Japanese economists apply theory to empirical endeavors. This book discusses as well the durable capital stock of the Japanese manufacturing industries. The final chapter attempts to investigate the validity of the theory of self-dual demand functions, which can be integrated into consumer's utility function, by using both Japanese and U.S. data. This book is a valuable resource for economists, sociologists, political scientists, financial historians, statisticians, and research workers.

Author : Toru Iwami
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451846034

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The Internationalization of Yen and Key Currency Questions by Toru Iwami Pdf

The role of the yen in the International financial system is reconsidered from a comparative (historical) approach. Compared with the D-Mark in the postwar years, the limited use of the yen results not so much from regulations on capital movements as from the structure and behavior of Japanese economy. The history of the pound-sterling and the U.S. dollar reveals the fact that such factors as the network of foreign trade and economic size constitute the basis and “inertia” of a key-currency. Thus for a currency to rise to a key-position in global transactions, real factors are more decisive than financial market arrangement. Seen from the foreign economic relations, it is not possible for Japan to own a key-currency independent from the U.S. dollar.

Author : Richard S. Thorn
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 9789971988753

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The Rising Yen by Richard S. Thorn Pdf

Japan has become the world's second largest economy and the number one exporter of financial capital. Tokyo has taken its place as a first-tier financial centre alongside London and New York. This study analyses the far-reaching effects of these developments on both Japan and the world capital markets.

Author : Yasusuke Murakami,Yutaka Kōsai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Cambio social
ISBN : UCSD:31822003155116

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Japan in the Global Community by Yasusuke Murakami,Yutaka Kōsai Pdf

Author : H. Yoshimatsu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230001213

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Internationalisation, Corporate Preferences and Commercial Policy in Japan by H. Yoshimatsu Pdf

This book examines how the internationalization of corporate activities has affected the commercial policy preferences of Japanese corporations. Using case studies of three industrial sectors and of Keidanren (Japan's most influential business federation), the author argues that growth of international operations is one of the major reasons why internationally oriented firms and their main business federation have committed themselves to promoting the opening of keiretsu groups, and to promoting market access for foreign firms and products. The book includes much new and valuable information about business-government relations, political conflict and policy making and implementation processes in Japan.

Author : Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0312231245

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Internationalization, Corporate Preferences and Commercial Policy in Japan by Hidetaka Yoshimatsu Pdf

"This book examines the relationship between the enhanced internationalization of corporate activities and the evolution of corporate policy preferences, and the impact of this relationship on the process of trade and investment policies in Japan." "The book also sheds light on business-government relations in Japan. A new perspective on the issue of Japan's trade relations and the opening of its market by highlighting the evolving preferences of Japanese corporation is presented." "Based on various sources, including government and industrial reports, newspaper articles and intensive interviews, the book provides much new and valuable information about business-government relations, industrial organizations, and policy making the implementation processes in Japan."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved