Competitors in alliance
Subtitle: industry associations, global rivalries, and business-government relations
By: Andrew A. Procassini.
Publisher: Quorum Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Commercial associations -- United States.; Foreign trade promotion -- United States.; Commercial associations -- Japan.; Commercial associations -- Germany.; Competition, International.
Description: The author compares U.S. industry associations to those in Germany and Japan in two ways. First, he looks at their past legacies and present mandates; then, with special emphasis on America's major high-tech industries, he analyzes their organization and operation.

After a general overview of the past, present, and foreseeable future of associations, and a detailed study of those in the U.S., Germany, and Japan, he turns to specific industries - aerospace, biotechnology, semiconductors, and computer systems - and their trade associations, defining and comparing the characteristics of each. Part IV of the book digs into the ways in which associations fail, as well as succeed, in the mission demanded of them today.

From this analysis and the author's extensive experience as a corporation and association executive, emerge a series of recommendations for redefining the associations' mission in today's global economy, and a blueprint for achieving these goals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-327) and index.