The Japanese Automotive Industry
As 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 t...
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2021
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| description | As 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-264192025-07-30T08:59:09Z The Japanese Automotive Industry Cole, Robert E. Sociology and anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology As 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. 2021-02-10T13:02:44Z 2021-02-10T13:02:44Z 2020-09-23T15:17:47Z 2020 book ONIX_20200923_9780472902033_42 OCN: 1249247519 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41846 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26419 eng Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41846/1/9780472902033.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41846/1/9780472902033.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41846/1/9780472902033.pdf University of Michigan Press U of M Center For Japanese Studies 10.3998/mpub.18647 10.3998/mpub.18647 b7359529-e5f7-4510-a59f-d7dafa1d4d17 National Endowment for the Humanities Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a 0cdc3d7c-5c59-49ed-9dba-ad641acd8fd1 U of M Center For Japanese Studies 161 Ann Arbor [grantnumber unknown] [grantnumber unknown] open access |
| spellingShingle | Sociology and anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology The Japanese Automotive Industry |
| title | The Japanese Automotive Industry |
| title_full | The Japanese Automotive Industry |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Japanese Automotive Industry |
| title_short | The Japanese Automotive Industry |
| title_sort | japanese automotive industry |
| topic | Sociology and anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology |
| topic_facet | Sociology and anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology |
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