PURPOSE: This course is an introduction to the Japanese economy. Among the topics to be discussed are the economic history of Japan, the Japanese corporation, the Japanese management system, the industrial policy of Japan, Japan's international trade, U.S.-Japan economic relations, etc.

TEXTBOOKS:

JAPAN'S TURN: THE INTERCHANGE IN ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP by Dr. Panos Mourdoukoutas, University Press of America, 1993.

HOW TO COMPETE IN THE JAPANESE MARKET by Dr. Panos Mourdoukoutas, Copley Publishing Group, 1995.

EXAMS AND GRADES: The course grade will be based on two (2) exams and a term paper as follows:
 

Midterm	20%
Final	40%
Paper	40%
Total	100%

COURSE PLAN:

Lecture 1: Introduction

PART I: ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, RESOURCES AND INSTITUTIONS

Lecture 2: Economy and Government—an Overview

Lecture 3: Corporate Organization and Industry

Lecture 4: Employment Relations

Lecture 5: Assimilation of New Technology—Labor Adjustment

PART II: ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. AND THE PACIFIC

Lecture 6: The Anatomy of the Japanese Trade Surplus

Lecture 7: Japanese Direct Investment in the U.S.

Lecture 8: Japan and the Pacific Region

Lecture 9: Japan in the 21st Century—An Unusual Leadership

OFFICE: Hoxie Hall, Main Floor, Room 204.

OFFICE PHONE: 516 299 2321.

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesdays and Thursdays between 11.00 am and 12.00 noon and between 5.15 pm and 5.45 pm. And by appointment.

E-MAIL: panos.mourdoukoutas@liu.edu.