We were burning : Japanese entrepreneurs and the forging of the electronic age / Bob Johnstone.
We were burning : Japanese entrepreneurs and the forging of the electronic age / Bob Johnstone.
We were burning : Japanese entrepreneurs and the forging of the electronic age / Bob Johnstone.
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Publisher
Boulder : BasicBooks ; Oxford : Westview Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N338.4762138/38
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English
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xxiii,422p. : ill., ports. ; 25cm.
Contents
Preface: People, Not Policy -- Introduction: A Nation of Transistor Salesmen? -- Pt. I. Calculators & Watches. 1. Doctor Rocket Goes to Disneyland. 2. Blind Men Don't Fear Snakes. 3. The Race Is Not to the Swift. 4. The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum. 5. Under-the-Table Research -- Pt. II. Camc...
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Publisher
Boulder : BasicBooks ; Oxford : Westview Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
Are the Japanese faceless clones who march in lockstep to the drums beaten by big business and the bureaucrats of MITI, Japan's miracle-working ministry of international trade and industry? Can Japanese workers, and by extrapolation their entire society, be characterized by deference to authority, devotion to group solidarity, and management by con...
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We were burning : Japanese entrepreneurs and the forging of the electronic age / Bob Johnstone.
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A Cornelia and Michael Bessie book.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N338.4762138/38
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0465091172 :
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338.476213810952
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991005869339702626
