1980年日本汽车总产量首次超过美国而跃居世界第一汽车生产大国。日本汽车业的成功要归因于各公司十分重视技术革新、产品开发和市场拓展。日本式的企业体制使决策层不必计较股票价格的升降,从而有更多的精力进行生产、营销和投资决策。八十年代中期日本各汽车公司的主要业务可归结为进行国内外扩张。 自1991年以来,日本经济陷于衰退 For the first time in Japan, the total output of automobiles surpassed the United States in 1980 and jumped to the top of the world’s largest motor vehicle producer. The success of Japan’s auto industry is due to the fact that companies place great emphasis on technological innovation, product development and market expansion. Japanese-style corporate system so that decision-makers do not have to care about the stock price movements, so that more energy for production, marketing and investment decisions. The main businesses of Japanese auto companies in the mid-1980s boil down to domestic and international expansion. Japan’s economy has been in recession since 1991