THE NTT DIVESTITURE DEBATE: THE CRISIS OF JAPANESE DEVELOPMENTALISM.
This essay examines the lengthy struggle by Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) to break up Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT), Japan's former monopoly telecommunications service provider. It argues that NTT was ultimately successful in avoiding genuine breakup in large part due...
| Publicado en: | American Asian Review Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 69 - 106 |
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