Europe, Japan and America in the 1990s

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VI

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2. Introduction

   1. The Trilateral Concert: Indispensable but not Sufficient

      • Martin E. Weinstein, Theodor Leuenberger

      Pages 1-6

3. European Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. The Japanese Challenge for Europe: Ambiguous Relations

      • Thilo von Brockdorff

      Pages 9-16

   3. EC 1992 and Japan

      • Wolfgang Hager

      Pages 17-37

   4. Competing and Cooperating with Japanese Firms

      • Hellmut Schütte

      Pages 38-68

   5. A European Industrial Perspective

      • Dieter Schneidewind

      Pages 69-97

   6. U.S.-Japan Relations: Implications for Europe

      • Andreas van Agt

      Pages 98-106

   7. A Western Critique of Japan’s Development Aid

      • Manfred Kulessa

      Pages 107-122

4. Japanese Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. Multinational Business as a Partner In Trialogue

      • Akio Morita

      Pages 125-131

   3. Technology and Japan-U.S. Relations

      • Yoshitaka Okada

      Pages 132-161

   4. Japan and the Money and Capital Markets of Asia

      • Yuichiro Nagatomi

      Pages 162-176

5. American Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. The Future of U.S.-Japan Technology Relations

      • Michael W. Chinworth

      Pages 179-205

   3. Japan as Economic Hegemon?

      • Koji Taira

      Pages 206-220

   4. Japanese Multinationals: An Evolutionary Theory

      • William V. Rapp

      Pages 221-267

   5. America and Japan’s Role in the Post-Cold War World

      • Martin E. Weinstein

      Pages 268-287

6. Back Matter

   Pages 289-289

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Competition and cooperation between Japan, Europe and USA is the key issue of this book - both at government and business levels. Both short-term and long-termin competitive cooperation between Western and Japanese firms and institutions can be fruitful. Cooperation however, provides no easy solutions to problems which Western economies have been unable to solve on their own. Governments as well as companies are often unprepared for cooperation with Japan within the framework of larger-scale projects. On theother hand, Japan itself still lacks the leadership capacities to match its present economic and technological dominance. Thus the Japanese strategyfor a Number Two role in cooperation with the USA and the EC is described. The discussion focuses on the implications of US/Japanese relations for Europe. It further highlights future relations between the US and Japan in the field of technology, and also deals with the EC/Japan context.

• America
• Amerika
• Europa
• Europe
• European Community
• Europäische Gemeinschaft
• Japan
• USA
• business
• competition
• cooperation
• institutions
• leadership
• strategy

• Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

  Theodor Leuenberger

• The Mansfield Center, The University of Montana, Missoula, USA

  Martin E. Weinstein

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