Show simple item record

dc.contributor.editorCole, Robert E.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-23T15:17:47Z
dc.date.available2020-09-23T15:17:47Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifierONIX_20200923_9780472902033_42
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41846
dc.description.abstractAs the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies reflected on the deteriorating position of the domestic auto industry in the fall of 1980, and the strong competitive threat being posed by the Japanese automakers, we were struck by the extraordinary low quality of the public discussion of these critical issues. The national importance of the issues seemed only matched by the superficiality of the analyses being offered. The tendency to think in terms of scapegoats was particularly evident. The Japanese as the basic cause of our problems has been a particularly notable theme. To be sure, cooperation with the Japanese in formulating a rational overall trade policy may be an important part of the solution. It has also been fashionable to blame it all on American auto industry management for not concentrating on the production of small cars when "everyone knew" that was the thing to do. Alternatively, government meddling was blamed for all our problems. Clearly, the complex problem we faced required more penetrating analyses. It seemed therefore, that the time was ripe for a public seminar which moved beyond the rhetoric of the moment and probed some of the deeper causes of our problems and possible directions for future policy.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMichigan Papers in Japanese Studies
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.otherSociology and anthropology
dc.titleThe Japanese Automotive Industry
dc.title.alternativeModel and Challenge for the Future?
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.3998/mpub.18647
oapen.relation.isPublishedBye07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889
oapen.relation.isFundedBy0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a
oapen.relation.isFundedBy0cdc3d7c-5c59-49ed-9dba-ad641acd8fd1
oapen.imprintU of M Center For Japanese Studies
oapen.series.number3
oapen.pages161
oapen.place.publicationAnn Arbor
oapen.grant.number[grantnumber unknown]
oapen.grant.number[grantnumber unknown]


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record