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"We can follow the United States into a more postindustrial economy, or we can follow Germany into high-end manufacturing, but we shouldn’t be trying to compete
by rollypolly 15y ago
"We can follow the United States into a more postindustrial economy, or we can follow Germany into high-end manufacturing, but we shouldn’t be trying to compete with China in mass production."
ouch
In other words, "Do we want to compete with America or Germany?"
Maybe they need to find another option.
- sliverstorm 15y agoMock the two proposed alternatives, provide no alternatives yourself? That's helpful.
- rollypolly 15y agoYou're right that providing a solution would be more helpful, but I have none to propose. I didn't mean to be flippant. I was just noting the difficult position they're in.
- hrktb 15y agoI thought Japan was already in the same direction as Germany regarding high-end manufacturing. It was just more diverse and also did middle and low end at the same time. I think it has the potential to find original ways, but going head to head with Germany wouldn't put it in a bad place either. Still i'd hope the shift to a more software oriented business culture occurs.
- saraid216 15y agoThis, basically. I thought it was patently obvious from the article that high-end manufacturing was something Japan would find to be a good fit.