Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!cornell!novick From: novick@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Mark B. Novick) Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Japanese-owned research labs in US Message-ID: <48277@cornell.UUCP> Date: 13 Nov 90 18:06:50 GMT References: <4905@rex.cs.tulane.edu> Sender: nobody@cornell.UUCP Reply-To: novick@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Mark B. Novick) Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY Lines: 13 I think it would be a good idea if there were Japanese research labs in America. There would be more jobs for theoreticians and other CS researchers in what has become a tight job market. There would be pressure on American employers to offer attractive job environments to researchers. All of this would mean a larger number of Americans doing basic research. It would also be good for the U.S. economy. Foreign employers would be paying U.S. taxes, providing jobs to Americans, and helping local communities. Workers who worked at these labs would learn how the Japanese do things, and be able to transfer this knowledge to American businesses if they later change employers.