Technology and innovation in Japan : policy and management for the twenty-first century / / edited by Martin Hemmert and Christian Oberländer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783973003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• ISBN: 1-134-65362-X; 0-429-22944-5; 1-134-65363-8; 1-280-11096-1; 0-203-19472-1; 9786610110964
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 18
• Altri autori (Persone): HemmertMartin <1964->; OberländerChristian
• Disciplina: 338.95207
• Soggetti: Technology and state - Japan; Technology - Japan - Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Japanese system of technology and innovation: preparing for the twenty-first century; Institutional structure and technology policy; Restructuring basic, applied and developmental research: changes in allocation of RD resources; The interaction between technology and economy: has the 'virtuous cycle' of Japan's technological innovation system collapsed?; Organization, management and business-government relations; Higher education in Japan from the perspective of RD; Internationalizing Japanese science Organizational innovation in Japanese basic research: from bureaucracy to dynamic network; The Japanese business system for creation and diffusion of technological knowledge: time for change?; Reorganization of RD in Japanese manufacturing firms: preserving competitiveness for the twenty-first century; Collaborative research in Japan and the West: a case study of ; Britain's response to MITI's Fifth Generation Computer Initiative; Major fields of science and technology; RD in Japan's pharmaceutical industry: the biological revolution, gene therapy and public policy RD consortia in the 1990's: national competitiveness and international cooperation in the case of semiconductors; Japanese nanotechnology; Japanese RD activities in advanced materials: the case of superconductivity research; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book demonstrates that long-awaited changes to technology policy and corporate strategy are now taking place in Japan. The study also questions whether it is the programme of reform or the will and ability to implement these reforms which is new. Contributors explore the repositioning of the Japanese science and technology system on three levels:* institutional structure and technology policy* organizational and managerial changes and business-government relations* developments in key technology sectors