1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996210239003316

Titolo

Maclean's

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : Maclean Publishing Company, , 1911-

Toronto : , : Maclean-Hunter

Toronto : , : Maclean's

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations

Classificazione

cci1icc

Disciplina

971/.005

Soggetti

World politics

Politics, Practical

Economics

Politics

Canadian periodicals

Périodiques canadiens-anglais - Ontario - Toronto

Politique mondiale

Politique

Économie politique

politics

economics

Current events

Actualité

Periodical

periodicals.

Periodicals.

Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme)

Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)

Périodiques.

Canada Periodicals

Canada Périodiques

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico



Sommario/riassunto

"Canada's national magazine."

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783019403321

Autore

Brown J. Robert (James Robert), <1957, >

Titolo

Opening Japan's financial markets / / J. Robert Brown, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-83975-8

1-134-83976-6

1-280-06667-9

0-203-00595-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

332.0952

332.6730952

951.95043

Soggetti

Democracy

Investments, Foreign - Japan

Banks and banking, Foreign - Japan

Japan Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 A QUESTION OF BALANCE; 2 ENTRY AND OCCUPATION; 3 BEHIND THE SHOJI CURTAIN; 4 FOREIGN PENETRATION IN THE 1970's; 5 BREAKDOWN OF CONSENSUS: REFORM OF THE JAPANESE FINANCIAL MARKETS; 6 THE YEN/DOLLAR ACCORD; 7 REFORM AND FOREIGN PRESSURE; 8 TREASURY VERSUS UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE; 9 BREAKING THE LOG JAM; 10 PUSHING AGAINST THE ENVELOPE: CITIBANK IN JAPAN; 11 THE OPPORTUNITIES; 12 THE OPPORTUNITIES FORGONE; 13 SHARED RESPONSIBILITY; Notes; Interviews; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It is widely asserted, outside Japan, that the failure of foreign banks to penetrate Japanese financial markets is the direct result of stringent



Japanese protectionist policies. However, although there may be some truth in this, it is a one-dimensional argument. Opening Japan's Financial Markets takes a broader view. It accepts that the Japanese bureaucracy have skillfully limited the scope of foreign banks. However, in examining the history of foreign banking activity in Japan, it becomes clear that ineptitude on the part of foreign banks and governments has also been a major factor