
Policies for Competitiveness
Comparing Business-Government Relationships in the Golden Age of Capitalism
Oxford University Press
Published on 22. July 1999
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-0-19-829323-1 (ISBN)
Description
All over the world proactive public policy in business is now under siege. Economists and policy-makers claim that the era of `Big Government' is over. However, nobody denies the fact that government has historically played a critical role in modern economic development. Given the profound changes of public policy agendas, this is an appropriate time to review the dynamic interaction between government policies and industrial developments from an international and historical perspective.
Focusing on the so-called `Golden Age of Capitalism' the 1950s and 1960s and studying prime-mover countries (the US and the UK), followers (Germany, France, and Italy), and latecomers (Japan and Korea), Competing Policies for Competitiveness addresses the crucial questions to be asked; what appropriate roles should government be assigned, and which government actions are useful public policy and which represent unnecessary and harmful intervention? The book also attempts to utilize the Japanese case as an analytical reference against which experiences of other economies are examined.
Focusing on the so-called `Golden Age of Capitalism' the 1950s and 1960s and studying prime-mover countries (the US and the UK), followers (Germany, France, and Italy), and latecomers (Japan and Korea), Competing Policies for Competitiveness addresses the crucial questions to be asked; what appropriate roles should government be assigned, and which government actions are useful public policy and which represent unnecessary and harmful intervention? The book also attempts to utilize the Japanese case as an analytical reference against which experiences of other economies are examined.
Reviews / Votes
This book succeeds in exploring the difference in industrial policy adopted by the governments of selected countries ... this book has made a valuable contribution to the topic of comparative government-business relations. * Takeshi Yuzawa, Business History Review *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures and tables
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
643 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-829323-1 (9780198293231)
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Persons
Hideaki Miyajima is Professor at the School of Commerce, Waseda University, Japan.
Takeo Kikkawa is Professor at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi Hikino is at the School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan.
Takeo Kikkawa is Professor at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi Hikino is at the School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan.
Editor
Professor, School of CommerceProfessor, School of Commerce, Waseda University
Professor, Institute of Social ScienceProfessor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Graduate School of EconomicsGraduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Content
PART I: JAPAN'S EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL POLICY: A GENERAL OVERVIEW ; PART II: LATECOMERS: INFLUENTIAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND COMPETITIVENESS ; PART III: PRIME MOVERS: ANTITRUST POLICY WITH INSIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL POLICY ; PART IV: FOLLOWER: INSIGNIFICANT ANTITRUST POLICY WITH LITTLE INFLUENCE OF COMPETITIVENESS ON COMPETITIVENESS