Patrick Hugh T. author Columbia University. Business Columbia University. Center on Japanese Economy and Business contributor originator text Working papers New York Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University 1986 Perceptions of Japanese industrial policy have entered the American debate on economic policy in two major ways: as a possible model to emulate in developing a United States industrial policy; and as a shaper of Japanese industrial structure and comparative advantage, especially vis à vis major American industries. The main purpose of this chapter is to provide a general assessment of Japanese industrial policy -- its successes and its failures -- because that is an obvious requisite for those attempting to derive possible lessons and implications for United States policy. Economics, Commerce-Business 1 http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:251 English NNC NNC 2011-02-07 09:05:48 -0500 2011-06-24 10:17:13 -0400 2362 eng