The book describes Japanese economic links with peripheral regions in Europe. Focusing particularly on manufacturing investment, the impact of Japanese firms is assessed against a background of increasing European economic integration. The uneven distribution of Japan's economic presence in Europe is emphasised, as is the importance of core economic regions for future investment activity. The growing importance of core regions is then linked to emerging patterns in the growth of science-based industries, as well as efforts by national and regional agencies to attract inward investment.

This is a book by an experienced small business merchant of more than 60 years, in which he addresses the problems faced by today's declining American economy and presents solutions available through a renewed and strengthened small business sector. His thesis is that the quantity discount (QD) movement among mass merchandisers has destroyed too many small businesses and that a more favorable environment for small business in general could well bring back the vibrancy of the entire economy. He provides a plan, centered around a one price wholesale purchase policy, for accomplishing this.