Japan--why it works, why it doesn't : economics in everyday life /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mak, James (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©1998.
Colección:A Latitude 20 book
Temas:
Since 1945
National characteristics, Japanese.
Japonais.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Economic history.
Manners and customs.
Wirtschaft
Alltag
Aufsatzsammlung
Economische situatie.
Nationale kenmerken.
Japan > Economic conditions > 1945-
Japan > Social life and customs > 1945-
Japon > Conditions économiques > 1945-
Japon > Mœurs et coutumes > 1945-
Japan.
Japan
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Do the Japanese live better than Americans? / Charles Yuji Horioka
  • Why avoid the altar? / Andrew Mason and Naohiro Ogawa
  • Why go to school after school? / Shigeyuki Abe and Kazuhiro Igawa
  • Why so many gifts? / Robert Parry
  • Why is Pachinko so popular? / Shigeyuki Abe and James Mak
  • Why are the Japanese obsessed with luxury brand-name goods? / Kazuo Nishiyama
  • Why are there so many small shops in Japan? / James Mak and Shyam Sunder
  • How do the Japanese and Americans spend their money? / James Mak
  • How can the Japanese manage without personal checking accounts? / Toshiki Jinushi and James Mak
  • What are most Japanese doing on tax day? / Robert McCleery
  • Why do students take it easy at the university? / Shigeyuki Abe [and others]
  • Why do Japanese companies hire only spring graduates? / Teruyuki Higa
  • Why don't workers claim all their overtime? / Teruyuki Higa and Karen Lupardus
  • How do workers get paid? / Naoki Mitani
  • Do the Japanese work till they drop? / Yoshitaka Fukui
  • Why do the Japanese save so much? / Charles Yuji Horioka
  • Why is Japan a paradise of vending machines? / Robert Parry
  • Why do doctors prescribe so many pills? / Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner LaCroix
  • Why do bank automatic teller machines shut down at 7 P.M.? / Shyam Sunder
  • Why is rice so expensive in Japan? / Susumu Hondai
  • How can the Japanese spend so little on health care? / Matthew Loke and James Mak
  • How does Japan's largest bank work? / Toshiki Jinushi
  • Why do so many Japanese contribute to public TV? / Kazuhiro Igawa and James Mak
  • Why are so few people on welfare in Japan? Yoko Kimura
  • What are the Keiretsu and why do some U.S. companies dislike them? / Gary Kikuchi
  • Is Japan an egalitarian society? / Harry Oshima.

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