- John Zysman
John Zysman is a professor of
Political Science at theUniversity of California Berkeley [http://www.polisci.berkeley.edu/] and co-founder of the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy(BRIE) [http://brie.berkeley.edu/] . Zysman is also a founder of Q Network Inc. Professor Zysman received his B.A at Harvard and his Ph.D. at MIT. He has written has extensively on European and Japanese policy and corporate strategy; his interests also include comparative politics, Western European politics, and political economy.Zysman’s 1987 publication, "Manufacturing Matters: The Myth of the Post-Industrial Economy" (with
Stephen Cohen ), was identified by Business Week as one of the year's top ten books. Since his book "Manufacturing Matters", Zysman has significantly redefined the understanding of how different sectors interact in the global division of labor, and how technology dynamics and political economy link. This has made him a key advisor and frequent speaker to governments and corporations in Europe, Asia and the US on how to deal with globalization and how to enhance competitiveness.Published works
*"Governments, Markets, and Growth: Finance and the Politics of Industrial Change" (Cornell University Press, 1983)
*"American Industry in International Competition: Government Policies And Corporate Strategies" [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801492971] (Cornell University Press, 1984)
*"Manufacturing Matters: The Myth of the Post-Industrial Economy" (Basic Books, 1987)
*"The Highest Stakes: The Economic Foundations of the Next Security System" (Oxford University Press, 1992)
*"The Tunnel at the End of the Light: Business Networks and Market Development in Russia" [http://www.amazon.com/dp/8763000156] (Copenhagen Business School Press, 1998)
*"Enlarging Europe: The Industrial Foundations of a New Political Reality" [http://www.amazon.com/dp/8763000881] (Copenhagen Business School Press, 1998)
*"Tracking a Transformation: E-Commerce and the Terms of Competition in Industries" (Brookings Press, June 2001)
*"The Politics of Greed: How Privatization Structured Politics in Central and Eastern Europe" [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0742553086] (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006)
*"How Revolutionary Was the Digital Revolution? National Responses, Market Transitions, and Global Technology" [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0804753350] (Stanford Business Books, 2006)
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