TITLE : M-FORM SOCIETY: HOW AMERICAN TEAMWORK CAN RECAPTURE THE COMPETITIVE EDGE, THE.*

 
Contents
 
acknowledgments  vii
preface  xv
 
PART 1
THE M-FORM SOCIETY
what it is, how it works
 
1 THE M-FORM SOCIETY    3	why we need it
 
2 THE M-FORM SOCIETY   16	lessons from business management
 
3 ELEMENTS OF THE M-FORM 32	the role of government and trade
associations
 
4 ELEMENTS OF THE M-FORM  62	the role of the banks
 
PART 2
THE M-FORM IN ACTION
microelectronics in Japan and the U.S.
 
5 THE FRUITS OF	COLLABORATION 93	the rise of the Japanese computer
industry
 
6 DISAPPOINTMENT AND HOPE  124 technology development in the U.S.
 
PART 3
THE M-FORM IN THE U.S.
An action agenda
 
7 THE POLITICS OF BUSINESS IN THE U.S.  145
 
8 M-FORM SUCCESS, AMERICAN STYLE  166
 
9 MINNEAPOLIS:THE M-FORM IN ACTION  188
 
10 AN ACTION AGENDA	210
 
APPENDIX NOTES INDEX
 
APPENDIX
  I  THE THIRTY-EIGHT ADVISORY COUNCILS OF MITI-1982   231
 
 II  CONSTITUTION OF ADVISORY COUNCILS-1979  233
 
III  A MEMBERSHIP LIST OF INDUSTRIAL
     STRUCTURE COUNCIL (June 1, 1979) 235
 
IV   A MEMBERSHIP LIST OF AIRCRAFT - MACHINERY
     INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL (June 1, 1979) 243
 
V    KEIDANREN JAPAN FEDERATION OF
     ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS-1982	249
 
 VIa ORGANIZATION CHART OF MITI 254
 VIb DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 258
 VII SAMA POLICY FOR MEETINGS 273
VIII COMPUTING THE COST OF CAPITAL
     FOR U.S. AND JAPANESE COMPANIES 275
 
IX   JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SOURCE OF
     FUNDING FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES 281
 
X    THE HISTORICAL ROLE OF THE ZAIBATSU
     AND THE PRESENT ROLE OF THE SOGO SOSHA
     IN FINANCING JAPANESE INDUSTRY 287
 
NOTES 291
 
INDEX 305