Anticompetitive Practices in Japan: Their Impact on the Performance of Foreign Firms

by Masaaki Kotabe, Kent W. Wheiler

Overview

The U.S.-Japan bilateral trade relationship is perhaps the most consequential and the most tumultuous in the world. Government and business leaders devote substantial time and effort to resolving the stream of disputes that arise between the two allies and trading partners. Many of the issues are rooted in the perception that Japan's impressive economic success may be due in some degree to anticompetitive practices through which Japan's domestic markets are protected, and that an unfair advantage is granted to Japanese companies as they expand abroad. Regardless of the validity of these opinions, their existence exerts a negative influence upon this important bilateral relationship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275956288
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/20/1996
Series:	Production Sourcebooks; 11
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

MASAAKI KOTABE is Professor at Temple University, Institution of Global Management Studies. He has written widely on international affairs including Global Sourcing Strategy: R&D, Manufacturing, and Marketing Interfaces (Quorum, 1992).

KENT WHEILER is Senior Analyst for Weyerhauser Company. He has extensive experience in dealing with the Far East.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgment
Anticompetitive Behavior or Not: An Unsettling Issue
Entry Barriers and Antitrust Enforcement in Japan
Research Design and Methodology
Analyses and Results
Conclusions, Implication and Recommendations
Appendix
Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

A study examining Japan's international commerce and American accusations of unfair trade. The author collected data from 100 multinational corporations, reviewing three areas of trade barriers: government policies and practices, exclusionary keiretsu relationships, and anticompetitive behavior. The latter is analyzed with a focus on issues surrounding US and Japanese antitrust laws, contributing to the volume's basic research question--do anticompetitive practices occur more frequently in Japan and if so, does it have a negative impact on American companies? The conclusion seems to lie in the perception. Americans think there are definitely competition barriers. The Japanese say not any more than in the US. Includes tables and flowcharts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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