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9780198288022

Technology and Industrial Development in Japan Building Capabilities by Learning, Innovation and Public Policy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198288022

  • ISBN10:

    0198288026

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-11-14
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press

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This study of Japan's industrial development focuses on the role of entrepreneurship first in adopting more advanced Western technology and then in innovating new technologies and developing human resources according to its changing organizational needs. Unlike previous studies, it covers the whole of the period since the Meiji restoration.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Richard R. Nelsonp. ix
Acknowledgementsp. xii
Introductionp. 1
Economic and Technological Change from the Meiji Restoration to World War IIp. 17
The Post-War Technological Progress and Government Policiesp. 35
The Evolution of a Management System from the Tokugawa Era to World War IIp. 64
Management in Post-War Japan and Todayp. 88
Textilesp. 109
Iron and Steelp. 135
Electrical and Communications Equipmentp. 155
Automobilesp. 179
Shipbuilding and Aircraftp. 204
Pharmaceuticalsp. 235
What Can We Learn from the Past?p. 250
Notesp. 270
Brief Chronology of Japan's Historyp. 277
Bibliographyp. 280
Index of Namesp. 295
Indexp. 306
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