No. 20 — May 19, 2000

Feature Article

CORPORATE JAPAN'S RESTRUCTURING EFFORTS: A PROGRESS REPORT

Douglas Ostrom

• Summary
• What Is Restructuring?
• The Incentive To Restructure
• Recent Restructuring Initiatives
• Corporate Restructuring In International Perspective
• Macroeconomic Evidence Of Restructuring
• Conclusion
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Weekly Review

• Foreign Ministry Blue Book Emphasizes NGOs, North Korean Missile Threat
  --- by Barbara Wanner
• East Asia Establishes Currency-Swap Arrangement To Guard Against Financial Crises
  --- by Marc Castellano
• Yen Slumps Amid Economic Uncertainty
  --- by Douglas Ostrom
• Notes
  • Corporate Restructuring
  • Telecommunications Globalization

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