EIJS Working Papers Series
No 143:
Wrestling with Japanese Tribalism Emerging Collaborative Opportunities For India and Japan
Bruce Henry Lambert ()
Abstract: Japanese firms, with their strong technology base and high
domestic factor costs, have the potential of teaming with India, with its
more basic infrastructure and eight times the population. Japan's
poorly-performing excess capital could fuel India's strongly-developing
middle class and robust entrepreneurialism. Especially promising are
collaborative information technology projects. What stands in the way of a
greatly expanded relationship? Much of the blockage stems from Japan's
insularism, an impetus here labeled tribalism. A hopeful dimension is that
this tribalism can be clearly defined as archaic, recognized as
detrimental, and then toned-down. Further points for development include an
active campaign to encourage diversity in Japan, teaming up to provide
alternatives to investment in neighboring China, and agitating for
representation on the UN Security Council. India can help initiate all
these processes, and can in turn benefit from a Japan reaching out for
regional economic partnerships.
Keywords: homogeneity; tribalism; UN Security Council; partnership; immigration; trade; e-Japan strategy; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F20; H77; J61; L86; N45; Z13; (follow links to similar papers)
17 pages, March 1, 2002
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