AUTOMOBILES AND THE FUTURE: COMPETITION, COOPERATION, AND CHANGE

This monograph contains proceedings of the third annual United States-Japan Automotive Conference held at the University of Michigan. The following presentations are included: Preface, R.E. Cole; Introduction, A.S. Sussman; Opening Statement, P.W. McCracken; Competition and Auto Trade: A Technological Perspective, K. Oshima; Internationalization of the Japanese Auto Industry: Real Progress or a Snail's Pace, R.A. Perkins; Prospects and Consequences of American-Japanese Company Cooperation; J.F. Smith, Jr.; Opportunities and Barriers to Union and Worker Cooperation with Management, I. Bluestone; Responses of Conference Panelists to Audience Questions; Auto Trade: Prospects and Pitfalls, D. MacDonald; Question and Answer Session with David MacDonald; Future Automotive Factories: Speculative Models, R.C. Wilson; The Automobiles of the Future, T. Maeda; Comparison of U.S.-Japan Production Costs: An Assessment, M.S. Flynn; Responses of Conference Panelists to Audience Questions; and Summation, P.W. McCracken.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Center for Japanese Studies, 108 Lane Hall
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Pagination: 106 p.
• Serial:
  • Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile industry; Competition; Conferences; Cooperation; Labor relations; Policy; Production; Technological innovations
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Future policies
• Subject Areas: Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386876
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 306
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM