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Intro -- Editors' Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Oliver Landmann: Is there a Macroeconomic Case for Protection? -- 1. Introduction: The rise of protectionism -- 2. International competitiveness and the balance of trade in the medium term -- 3. Short-run effects of commercial policy under flexible exchange rates -- 4. Summary and conclusions -- References -- Takashi Matsugi: The Industrial Policy of Japan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief survey of Japanese industrial policy in 1960-1980 -- 2.1. Active investments in plant and equipment in the time of rapid economic growth -- 2.2. Pollution as a price for economic growth -- 2.3. Energy saving efforts after the oil shock in 1973 -- 3. The recent policy stance of MITI -- 4. Import promotion and related problems -- 4.1. Changing roles of trade in Japanese economic development -- 4.2. The changing paradigm of trade -- 5. Agricultural policy up to the year 2000 -- 5.1. Re-view of agricultural policy up to 1980 -- 5.2. Basic direction of agricultural policies in the 1980s -- 5.3. Basic direction of agricultural policies towards the 21st century -- 6. Concluding remarks -- References -- Masanao Itoh: The Abandonment of the Gold Standard and Foreign Exchange / Tariff Policy - The Economic Lessons of the Great Depression in the Case of Japan - -- 1. Preface -- 2. The impact of the economic crisis (1930-31) in Japan -- 3. Rapid recovery from the crisis -- 4. The effect of economic policies on the recovery -- 4.1. Foreign exchange policy -- 4.2. Tariff policy -- 4.3. Financial/monetary policy -- References -- Ryuhei Okumura: Real and Monetary Shocks in a Dynamic Two-Country Model -- 1. lntroduction -- 2. The model -- 2.1. The framework of the model -- 2.2. Households -- 2.3. Government -- 2.4. Market equilibrium -- 3. Analysis -- 3.1. Solution of the utility maximization problem -- 3.2. The stationary state.

Intro -- Editors' Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Ralf-Bodo Schmidt: "Unternehmungsphilosophie" and Human Concept - Questions to the Research of Real Theory - -- A. At first: subject of the study -- B. Secondly: The term "Unternehmungsphilosophie -- C. How: Values in goals and in the goal achievement of the company -- D. At fourth: Human Concepts and patterns of valuation -- E. And now: Questions to the research of real theory -- Tamiki Kishida: Entrepreneurshlp: Management Ideology and Corporate Strategy -- 1. Entrepreneurship and innovation -- 2. Hitachi vs. Matsushita, and Toyota -- 2.1 Hitachi -- 2.2 Matsushita -- 2.3 Toyota -- 3. No debt management and entrepreneurship -- 3.1 Questionnaire and no debt small and medium firms -- 3.2 Interview with no debt small and medium firms -- 3.3 Interview with no debt large firms -- 4. Summary and concluding remarks -- References -- Table 1: A Comparison of Various Authors' Concepts of Strategy and the Strategy Formulation Process -- Table 2: Characteristics of the Defender -- Table 3: Characteristics of the Analyzer -- Table 4: Characteristics of the Prospector -- Dieter Schneidewind: Management of a German Subsidiary in Japan - Experiences, Challenges, Solutions - -- 1. Introductory remarks -- 2. Case study of a German beauty & -- health care company -- 2.1 The local distributor and the preparation phase (1969-1971) -- 2.2 The formation of joint-ventures (1972) -- 2.3 The central role of the liaison office (1973-1975) -- 2.4 The short period of near 100% control (1976) -- 2.5 The participation of Japanese partners (1977-1980) -- 2.6 Amalgamation and consolidation (1980-1985) -- 2.7 Looking to forthcoming strategies (1986-1995) -- 3. Successful management of FAC in the Japanese consumer market -- 3.1 Handling the labor force challenge -- 3.2 The inevitable local production and logistic basis.

This publication deals with current labor market issues in Japan, Germany and the European Union. In the book, the ""labor market"" serves as central focus point, yet the methodology of addressing this focus point is very broad. It includes the analysis of the general labor market development and its conditions in the European Union and in Japan as well as more specific investigations, such as the impact of fiscal policies, exchange rates or information technology on the demand for labor.

1. Crossing Borders in South and Southeast Asia: Assessing Existing Problems through a New Lens -- 2. Addressing Urban Poverty through Empowerment and Inclusion in India -- 3. Development Efforts toward Ecological Sustainability in Calcutta: Transformation of a Metropolis -- 4. De facto State Religion as a Threat to Freedom of Religion and Belief: Case Study of Ethnic Christians in Myanmar -- 5. Escalation of Ethno-Cultural Tensions in Southern Thailand in the Midst of Assimilation and Homogenisation -- 6. The Rakhine (Arakan) Buddhists: A Little Known Minority in Myanmar -- 7. Promotion of Women's Rights in ASEAN: Myanmar Women's Organisations for Sustainable Unity in Diversity -- 8. Online Political Parody in Thailand: Political Communication under the Computer Crime Act (No. 2) 2017 -- 9. Japanese Official Development Assistance, Geopolitics, and Connectivity in the Mekong Region: Implications for Aid to Myanmar -- 10. Japan's Mekong Policy and Myanmar: Complementing a Viable Strategic Partnership -- 11. Arch-Royalist Autocracy Unlimited: Civil-Military Relations in Contemporary Thailand -- 12. Basics of Human Security, Principles of Democracy and Reality of Transition: Implications for Burma.