Competitiveness and American society /
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| Imprint: | Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, c1993. |
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| Description: | 299 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Research in technology studies v. 7 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1470392 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Laurence W. Hecht
- Introduction / Steven L. Goldman
- Pt. I. Competitiveness and Economic Values. How Serious Is the U.S. Competitiveness Problem? An Economic Perspective / Anthony Patrick O'Brien and Robert J. Thornton. Stacking the Deck: The European Community's 1992 Single Market Initiative and the Promotion of Europe's Industrial Competitiveness / Michael Hodges. Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions and International Capital Flows: U.S. - Japan / Geraldo M. Vasconcellos and Richard J. Kish
- Pt. II. Competitiveness and Institutional Values. Ecology, Efficiency, Equity, and Competitiveness / John B. Gatewood. Regulation, Competitiveness, and the Role of Public Participation / Carole Gorney. Management, Innovation, and Competitiveness: A Vision of a New Era in Manufacturing / Steven L. Goldman and Roger N. Nagel. Technological Leadership and International Competitiveness: A Comparative Approach / Gail Cooper
- Pt. III. Competitiveness and Social Values. Competitiveness as Propaganda / Edward P. Morgan and Robert E. Rosenwein. America vs. Japan: Competition, Cooperation, and Competitiveness / John Kenly Smith, Jr. The Political Economy of Competition in a Global Economy / Laura Katz Olson.