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(★)(The Search for Policy in the United States, West Germany, and Japan)(´LA-0086´y´TS-0030´ son mismos libros.)(Advanced industrial nations face many difficult political and economic problems due to the accelerating pace and evolving character of technological change. In this volume, economists and political scientists discuss analytic and policy issues relating to the current state of technological capability in the Unites States, Japan, and West Germany from a historical perspective and as a basis for future technological development. They also examine the problems and issues involved in competition and cooperation among high technology firms and in evolving a more harmonius trade regime. The essays presented here explore from an international perspective the theoretical underpinnings of policy issues that are shaped by increasing international competition and by the changing form and character of the international trade regime. Issues are discussed against the background of declining American technological dominance and intensifying competition as well as increasing international cooperation among high technology firms. Specific topics include the internationalization of basic research ; the closing gap between basic and applied research ; the effect of nation-specific interfirm relations and varius characteristics of labor markets on technological progress ; and the effectiveness of varius forms of government research and development assistance (or, more broadly, industrial policy). Three essays present overviews of the technological capability of and major policy issues faced by the United States, Japan, and West Germany. Others raise major theoretical and policy issues from the perspectives of political science and economics, and address specific policy issues or groups of related issues. These essays are offered in the hope that they will clarify the issues examined and help formulate public policy to promote technological progress while increasing cooperation among the world´s technological leaders. ◆Gunter Heiduk is professor of economics at Duisburg University. Kozo Yamamura is Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Washington. Other contributors are Peter F.Cowhey, professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego ; George C.Eads, vice president and chief economist at General Motors Corporation ; Ernst-Jurgen Horn of the Kiel Institute of World Economics ; Motoshige Itoh, professor of economics at the University of Tokyo ; Harald Legler of the Lower Saxonian Institute of Economic Research, Hannover ; Rachel McCulloch, professor of international finance at Brandeis University ; Iwao Nakatani, professor of economics at Osaka University ; Richard R.Nelson, professor of economics at Columbia University ; Merton J.Peck, professor of economics at Yale University ; and Sully Taylor, assistant professor of international business at Portland State University. ▼CONTENTS／PART ONE : OVERVIEW／1.What Has Happened to U.S. Technological Leadership? (Richard R.Nelson)／2.Japan´s Technological Capabilities and Its Future : Overview and Assessments (Sully Taylor and Kozo Yamamura)／3.West German Technology in the 1980s : Perceptions, Evidence, and Policy Issues (Ernst-Jurgen Horn)／ PART TWO : ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE／4.The Impact of Industrial Structure and Industrial Policy on International Trade (Motoshige Itoh)／5.The Agenda of the Leading Nations for the World Economy : A Theory of International Economy Regimes (Peter F.Cowhey)／ PART THREE : SPECIFIC ISSUES AND AGENDAS／6.Effectiveness in Technological Innovation : Keiretsu versus Conglomerates (Iwao Nakatani)／7.The German Competitive Position in Trade of Technology-Intensive Products (Harald Legler)／8.The Challenge to U.S. Leadership in High Technology Industry : Can the United States Maintain Its Lead? Should It Try? (Rachel McCulloch)／9.Geography Is Not Destiny : The Changing Character of Competitive Advantage in Automobiles (George C.Eads)／ PART FOUR : SUMMARY／10.The Benefits and Burdens of the Technological Leaders (Merton J.Peck)／) |
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