Debunks many of the myths about Japanese businesses and culture, and offers pointers for Western governments and businesspeople as they compete with the Japanese.
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From Publishers Weekly
Oppenheim defends the Japanese from charges of exclusionist trade practices in a trenchant, hard-hitting critique that urges the United States and Europe to come to terms with the real reasons for Japan's success. The most powerful antidote to Japan-bashing yet, this timely cross-cultural assessment by an antiprotectionist member of Britsh Parliament documents the West's own underhanded trade practices, comparable to those of which Japan is accused. Puncturing the notion that the Japanese government's interventionist role in industry has been the key to the country's development, Oppenheim argues instead that Japan's industrial triumph is attributable far more to its postwar government's growth-oriented policies, including moderate taxation and massive investment in education. Reassessing Japan's hegemony in electronics, the book shows that the Japanese are innovators, not mere copiers. Oppenheim provocatively urges the West to emulate the best of Japan Inc. and to overhaul its own business and governmental practices, a move that he predicts will elicit opposition from U.S. corporations, trade unions and pressure groups.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Japan-bashers beware: stepping up to bat for beleaguered Team Nippon is an articulate journalist, member of the British Parliament, and fervent proponent of free trade. First published in Britain, Oppenheim's astute assessment is based on his own experiences in Japan and on thorough research. He shows how the archipelago's ascendancy has not mainly been the product of government/industry orchestration. Lead credit for prosperity goes to a rigorous educational system and fostering of lifelong learning. Oppenheim also praises the succession of stable postwar governments, relatively noninterventionist in the economy by current world standards. Time and again, Oppenheim relates, the nation has turned lemons--such as a soaring yen in the 1980s--into lemonade, emerging each time stronger than before. The biggest barrier to foreign marketers in Japan is merely the world's most quality-fixated, competitive internal market. Well stated, sensible, and balanced, this book is highly recommended for all collections on modern Japan.
- Michael Stevenson, Harvard Business Sch. Lib.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Michael Stevenson, Harvard Business Sch. Lib.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Japan Without Blinders: Coming to Terms With Japan's Economic Success (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book. Though it was written in the early nineties, its points are still valid. Anyone who thinks American or European workers or companies are victims of unfair trade would be well-served to read this book.
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