Accelerating Japan's Economic Growth Book

1. Introduction and Summary of the Project; 2. The Economic Growth Record in Japan; 3. The Challenges to Japanese Economic Growth; 4. The IT/E-Business Revolution And Globalization: Implications of the New Economy for Japan; 5. Theoretical Framework: IT and Productivity Growth; 6. The East Asian Growth Process and IT: Implications for Japan; 7. Information and Communications Technology and Productivity Growth in Japan; 8. Revisiting Japanese Industrial Organization and Corporate System; 9. Case Study of Government Policy and the Telecommunications Market in Japan; 10. IT-Related Development and Policy: Some Examples from the United States with Relevance to Japan; 11. Estimating a New Economy Production Function for Japan; 12. Simulation Studies for Accelerating Japanese Economic Growth; 13. Polices to Achieve Faster Economic Growth in Japan; 14: Accelerating Japan’s Economic Growth: Conclusions