A01=Ulrike Schaede
A01=William W. Grimes
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Author_Ulrike Schaede
Author_William W. Grimes
Category=GTQ
Category=JPS
Category=KC
comparative political economy
Corporate Governance Reform
corporate governance transformation
corporations
East Asian production networks
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FDI Finance
firms
Fuji Xerox
GATT Article
GATT BISD
globalization impact on Japanese institutions
Greater Board Independence
guidance
industrial policy analysis
insulation
japanese
Japanese FDI
Japanese Firms
Japanese MNCs
Japanese SMEs
LDP
Main Bank System
makers
METI Official
MITI
MOF Official
multinational
Outbound FDI
permeable
Permeable Insulation
policy
regulatory adaptation strategies
Sigma Koki
Single Member Districts
SME Loan
SME Production
trade liberalization effects
TRIMs Agreement
WTO Dispute Settlement Process
WTO's Dispute Settlement System
WTO’s Dispute Settlement System
Yen Internationalization
Product details
- ISBN 9780765609519
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Dec 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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As Japan moves from a "catch-up" strategy to a post-developmental stage, it is changing its actions and reactions both in terms of international political economy and domestic policy issues. The current changes in Japan can best be understood as following a path toward "permeable insulation." Japan's government and economic system continue to insulate domestic businesses from full competition and the rigor of market forces, but this insulation is also permeable because a decline in state power vis-a-vis the private sector since the 1990s has combined with a decline in the solidarity of private institutions (such as keiretsu or trade associations) to make strategies of insulation much less rigid and uniform. As a result of the "permeable insulation," Japan's response to the global and domestic challenges of the 1990s is neither one of full acceptance nor rejection of global standards and practices. Instead, the basic scheme is one of pragmatic utilization of new rules and circumstances to continue industrial policies of promotion or protection in a new post-developmental era. By bringing together in-depth case studies of eight critical issue areas, this book looks at Japan's responses to globalization and move toward "permeable insulation." Part 1 introduces the reader to the concept of "permeable insulation" and provides a detailed review of past practices and changes in policy. Part 2 deals with international trade issues, Japan's compliance with and resistance to global trade rules, and the domestic interests visible in Japan's compliance. Part 3 focuses on domestic measures and policies that Japanese firms have used to adapt to the changes, within Japan and abroad, triggered by globalization and liberalization.
Authored by Schaede, Ulrike; Grimes, William W.
