Japan Remodeled by Steven K. Vogel - 9780801473715

Japan RemodeledHow Government and Industry Are Reforming Japanese Capitalism\nAuthor(s): Steven K. Vogel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9780801473715, 978-0801473715\nSynopsis\nAs the Japanese economy languished in the 1990s Japanese government officials, business executives, and opinion leaders concluded that their economic model had gone terribly wrong. They questioned the very institutions that had been credited with Japan's past success: a powerful bureaucracy guiding the economy, close government-industry ties, \""lifetime\"" employment, the main bank system, and dense interfirm networks. Many of these leaders turned to the [url] model for lessons, urging the government to liberate the economy and companies to sever long-term ties with workers, banks, suppliers, and other firms.\n\n Despite popular perceptions to the contrary, Japanese government and industry have in fact enacted substantial refor.