Technology and Industrial Development in Japan: Building Capabilities by Learning, Innovation and Public Policy (Japan Business and Economics) [Hardcover]

Hiroyuki Odagiri (Author), Akira Goto (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198288026 | ISBN-13: 978-0198288022 | Publication Date: November 14, 1996

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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Review

"...skillfully woven into a clear, well-nuanced, and balanced analysis of how Japanese firms acquired technology and accumulated technological capacities."--Journal of Japanese Studies

About the Author

Hiroyuki Odagiri is a Professor, Institute of Socio-Economic Planning at University of Tsukuba. Akira Goto is a Professor, Department of Economics at the Hitotsubashi University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 328 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (November 14, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198288026
• ISBN-13: 978-0198288022
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,011,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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