Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: Doing only that... Message-ID: <4262@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 16:42:17 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.4262 Posted: Thu Aug 23 16:42:17 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Aug-84 16:42:17 EDT References: <6@utecfc.UUCP>, <1068@dciem.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 12 > Ever heard of MITI, Mark? Have you looked at how Japan, Inc. is > organized? Well, this is not a subject that I'm an expert on, but I do know that MITI is much more in the "recommend" business than in the "dictate" business. And companies feel free to ignore their recommendations when they seem silly. There is the classic case of MITI telling Honda that they should stick with motorcycles rather than branching out into the automobile business... -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry