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The United States Technical Assistance Programme in Japan, 1955-62

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In the seven years after 1955, the American government provided Japan with a substantial amount of technical assistance. This article examines the origins of the US programme, describes its scope and assesses what it actually achieved on the ground in Japan. The conclusion offered is that, though a few American prescriptions were certainly rejected, the programme as a whole had a profound impact on Japanese practices, particularly in relation to the vital question of industrial engineering. Indeed, it would appear that an understanding of the Japanese economic miracle is incomplete unless it takes this fact fully into account.

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  • Nick Tiratsoo, 2000. "The United States Technical Assistance Programme in Japan, 1955-62," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(4), pages 117-136.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:42:y:2000:i:4:p:117-136
    DOI: 10.1080/00076790000000304
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    1. Diego Comin & Bart Hobijn, 2011. "Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth," NBER Chapters, in: NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2010, volume 25, pages 209-246, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Federico Barbiellini Amidei & John Cantwell & Anna Spadavecchia, 2011. "Innovation and Foreign Technology in Italy, 1861-2011," Quaderni di storia economica (Economic History Working Papers) 07, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
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