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

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ISBN: 9780198288022 | 0198288026
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/14/1996

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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.

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Foreword by Richard R. Nelson	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Economic and Technological Change from the Meiji Restoration to World War II	p. 17
The Post-War Technological Progress and Government Policies	p. 35
The Evolution of a Management System from the Tokugawa Era to World War II	p. 64
Management in Post-War Japan and Today	p. 88
Textiles	p. 109
Iron and Steel	p. 135
Electrical and Communications Equipment	p. 155
Automobiles	p. 179
Shipbuilding and Aircraft	p. 204
Pharmaceuticals	p. 235
What Can We Learn from the Past?	p. 250
Notes	p. 270
Brief Chronology of Japan's History	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 280
Index of Names	p. 295
Index	p. 306
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Technology and Industrial Development in Japan Building Capabilities by Learning, Innovation and Public Policy

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