Table of Contents

I. Responding to a Changing World.- 1. U.S. Firms in Transition.- II. External Shocks.- 2. Regionalization vs. Globalization of World Trade.- 3. The U.S.-EU Relationship: Friends and Competitors.- 4. Prospects for an Americas Free Trade Area.- 5. Japan’s Growing Influence in Asia: Implications for U.S. Business.- 6. Greater China: The Next Economic Superpower?.- 7. Capital Mobility: Challenges for Business and Government.- III. Going Global.- 8. Competing in a Global Marketplace.- 9. Business Responses to Foreign Government Barriers.- 10. Patterns of Economic Globalization by U.S. Manufacturers.- IV. Adjustment From Within.- 11. U.S. Firms Restructure and Revitalize.- 12 American Manufacturers Respond to the Global Marketplace.- 13. The Crumbling of the Old Social Contract.- 14. Fashioning a New Social Contract for the American Workplace.- V. Whither the U.S. Firm.- 15. The Rise of the Transnational Enterprise.