50年前,作为战败国的日本鉴字投降时,美国人曾有一种不可一世的自足之感。然而40年之后,80年代中期,美国人惊讶地发现,“日本人又发动了历史上最惹人注目的商业攻势”,而美国的工业面临着前所未有的强大冲击和危机。 日本的企业与其它国家的企业相比,似乎更具有顽强的生存和发展能力。日本这样一个自然资源缺少的弹丸之国,经济之所以能迅速崛起,功劳当然主要在 Fifty years ago, when the Japanese Kampuchea, a defeated country, surrendered, the Americans had a sense of self-sufficiency. However, 40 years later, in the mid-1980s, the Americans were surprised to find that “the Japanese have once again launched the most compelling commercial offensive in history”, while the US industry is facing an unprecedentedly powerful shock and crisis. Japanese companies seem to have a stronger ability to survive and develop than companies in other countries. Japan, a land of projectiles lacking in such a natural resource, is able to rise rapidly in the economy.