Japan's California Factories

Japan's California Factories

Author: Ruth Milkman

Publisher: Institute of Industrial Relations UCLA

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 158

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Based on a survey of Japanese-owned firms with 100 or more employees in California conducted in 1989, on factory visits, and on interviews with managers at 20 firms during 1989 and 1990.


Double Shift

Double Shift

Author: Bertram Silverman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 1315484994

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Taken from a series of conferences, this collection of papers by leading labour experts from the United States and the former Soviet Union examines the profound changes in industrial systems and work organisation currently affecting both societies. The authors focus on the emergence of new labour market institutions, the evolution of managerial philosophy, changes in workers' values and attitudes toward economic security, economic inequality, and the legitimacy of worker participation in management and ownership. Comparison reveals both striking differences and similarities in the transformation of the two systems in the post-industrial age, and helps demystify some simplistic notions about the workings of market systems.


When Giants Converge

When Giants Converge

Author: Dorothy B. Christelow

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1315485834

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This text presents an analysis of how international direct investment since World War II has played an important role in the process by which industrial countries generate technology and productivity growth. It covers the complex relations between the US and Japan since 1945.


International Relations of Japan

International Relations of Japan

Author: Kathleen Newland

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1349210161

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In this work nine scholars from Britain, the US and Japan examine aspects of Japan's international role, ranging from its bilateral relations with China and the Soviet Union, through its direct investment in the American market, to the evolution of its aid to the Third World.


Japanese Direct Manufacturing Investment in the United States

Japanese Direct Manufacturing Investment in the United States

Author: Mamoru Yoshida

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 248

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The dramatic increase of Japanese direct manufacturing investment in the United States since the 1970s has brought with it many questions about the Japanese investment decision-making process. Japanese Direct Manufacturing in the United States is the first book to investigate this process, explaining the behavior of both the micro- and macro-level actors involved in it and examining such issues as government-business interaction. Based on interviews with Japanese executives and government officials, this book provides an up-to-date and intensive look at this investment phenomenon for Japanese and American policymakers as well as researchers and students interested in Japanese multinational business.


Japanese Multinationals in the United States

Japanese Multinationals in the United States

Author: Duane Kujawa

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1986-06-06

Total Pages: 312

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This study focuses on the management/labor interface within the context of the foreign direct investor in the United States, eespecially the Japanese. Utilizing case studies and interviews, the author examines both the effects of Japanese multinationals on U.S. workers' interests, and the effects of the U.S. work environment on Japanese multinationals. Three basic questions permeated the research: How do labor and management considerations come together as key strategic and operating decisions are made and implemented by Japanese multinationals in the United States? How do Japanese experiences compare to the experiences of other foreign-owned and domestic firms? What do these experiences portend regarding U.S. labor's interests in jobs, income, unionization, etc., Japanese firms' interests in being able to compete successfully in the U.S. market, and the U.S. national interest in promoting employment, expanding incomes, competitive markets, and so forth? Findings in both regards are compared to similar effects at other foreign, non-Japanese multinationals and at U.S.-owned firms in similar industries.


Japan's Foreign Policy After the Cold War

Japan's Foreign Policy After the Cold War

Author: G.L. Curtis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1315484919

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A documentation of the impact of recent changes in the international system of Japan's foreign policy. Chapters include: diplomatic style; the thrust for economic success; the search for security; and the impact of international relations with neighbouring countries.