Download or read book German and Japanese Business in the Boom Years written by Matthias Kipping and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume examines the American influence on West German and Japanese industry from the 1950s to the 1970s, providing a valuable contribution to the debate on 'Americanization' from a historical and comparative perspective. Individual contributions provide an in-depth analysis of the adoption and modification of management and technological issues from the US in West Germany and Japan at the micro-economic level.