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From: haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Japan and semiconductors
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Date: 5 Jan 88 11:36:29 GMT
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ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>	If American business has this much trouble staying competitive, then
>American business needs to seriously reexamine itself.
>
>	The reason the Japanese do so well over here is because,
>domestically, they have the toughest customers in the world.  The Japanese
>are the hardest people to please anywhere, and naturally, Japanese
>manufacturers have a lot of experience with them.  So when a Japanese
>product is successful at home, the North American market is a walkover.
>
>	The above insight is brought to you courtesy of Paul Hawken, who
>also has interesting insights on advertising (hint, hint)....

          I've studied Japanese Econonics and Politics in detail while in
        College.   I had a profesor, Dr. Rosen, for Japanese Politics who
        had spent a few years in Japan studying Japan, and 7 years in Japan
        studying China.  He spoke Japanese fluently.

          I refer you to a book called "Political Change in Japan" by 
        Taketsugu Tsurutani, and another called "British Factory, Japanese
        Factory" (can't remember the author's name).  If you'd like I can
        list perhaps a dozen more reference with specific relevent chapters
        noted (just e-mail me).  From reading these some of the Japanese 
        outlook become more apparent.


          In America buisnesses are useually run much more independently of
        government direction than their Japanese counterparts.  Study of the
        "Income Doubling Plans" incorporated several times since WWII may
        change your mind a bit, as you will see the J. Gov. orchestrated
        a focused industrial effort in order to gain a competative position.
        The 60's are the most interesting period from an Economics point of
        view.  Japanese industrial efforts are still directed by the gov.,
        but of course this has become less focused as their market share
        has grown.

          I am not trying to disparage the Japanese, they are just playing
        the capitalist game.  Good for them!  However we must realize that
        it is game, in some ways much like chess.  As we all know the person
        who plays the most turns ahead in chess usually wins.  We must be
        very careful.

          
          So what is my point?  Simply that the Japanese would not engage in
        chip dumping if it were not in their own intrest to do so.  Clearly
        they wish to capture larger shares of the chip market over time.  And
        this is clearly NOT in our best interest.

          "Adam Smith" capitalism did not account for technological innovation
        or knowedge gaps.  If we are not carefull, we'll still be making
        chips measured in megabites when the Japanese are making gigabyte 
        chips!

           (I'm leaving out "why the Japanese would want to dump chips" 
            because I figure the readers of this board already know them.)


                                                Thanks,


                                                        Wade.


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