Competitiveness and American society / edited by Steven L. Goldman.

Foreword / Laurence W. Hecht -- Introduction / Steven L. Goldman -- Pt. I. Competitiveness and Economic Values. How Serious Is the U.S. Competitiveness Problem? An Economic Perspective / Anthony Patrick O'Brien and Robert J. Thornton. Stacking the Deck: The European Community's 1992 Single Market Initiative and the Promotion of Europe's Industrial Competitiveness / Michael Hodges. Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions and International Capital Flows: U.S. - Japan / Geraldo M. Vasconcellos and Richard J. Kish -- Pt. II. Competitiveness and Institutional Values. Ecology, Efficiency, Equity, and Competitiveness / John B. Gatewood. Regulation, Competitiveness, and the Role of Public Participation / Carole Gorney. Management, Innovation, and Competitiveness: A Vision of a New Era in Manufacturing / Steven L. Goldman and Roger N. Nagel. Technological Leadership and International Competitiveness: A Comparative Approach / Gail Cooper -- Pt. III. Competitiveness and Social Values -- Competitiveness as Propaganda / Edward P. Morgan and Robert E. Rosenwein. America vs. Japan: Competition, Cooperation, and Competitiveness / John Kenly Smith, Jr. The Political Economy of Competition in a Global Economy / Laura Katz Olson.