Japan's growing technological capability : implications for the U.S. economy / / Thomas S. Arrison ... [et al.], editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910971032603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992
• ISBN: 9786610211524; 9781280211522; 1280211520; 9780309584814; 0309584817; 9780585143361; 0585143366
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 235 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): ArrisonThomas S
• Soggetti: Technological innovations - Economic aspects - Japan; Technological innovations - Economic aspects - United States; High technology industries - Japan; High technology industries - United States; Competition - Japan; Competition - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Committee on Japan, Office of Japan Affairs [and] Office of International Affairs, National Research Council."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Japan's Growing Technological Capability -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Japan's Growing Technological Capability and Implications for the U.S. Economy: an Overview -- CONTEXT -- ASSESSMENTS OF U.S. AND JAPANESE TECHNOLOGICAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES -- ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND IMPLICATIONS -- FUTURE OF COMPETITION -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- I ASSESSMENTS OF U.S. AND JAPANESE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES -- Technology Assessment in the U.S.-Japan Context -- INTRODUCTION -- JAPANESE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES -- METHODOLOGY OF ASSESSMENTS -- LESSONS LEARNED -- JOINT VENTURES -- LICENSING-JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY ; TRANSFER TO THE UNITED STATES -- What Can We Learn from Technology Assessment? -- EXPECTATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT? -- ILLUSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT -- TECHNICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT -- Assessment of Product Performance -- Assessment of Production Processes -- Research and Development Potential -- Infrastructure -- Problems Associated with Methodology -- OUTLINE OF THE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PROJECT CONDUCTED BY MITI FOR THE WHITE PAPER ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (1988) -- OBJECTIVES OF THE ONGOING SURVEY FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE NEXT WHITE PAPER ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Accessing Japanese Technology: Experiences of a U.S.-Based Company -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERALL CHARACTERIZATION OF JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY -- LOCATION AND EVALUATION -- GETTING ACCESS -- CONCERNS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Studies of Japanese Technology: An Effort with Diminishing Returns? -- THE DECLINE OF U.S. HIGH TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING -- THE RISE OF STUDIES OF JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY -- SOME TECHNOLOGICAL HISTORY -- A VIEW OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT -- THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ARGUMENT -- THE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING ARGUMENTS -- THE ROLE OF RESEARCH AND THE ROLE OF INCREMENTALISM.; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- II ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND IMPLICATIONS -- Technology, Productivity and the Competitiveness of U.S. and Japanese Industries -- INTRODUCTION -- PURCHASING POWER PARITIES -- RELATIVE PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS -- CONCLUSION -- Macroeconomic and Schumpetarian Features of Japanese Innovations in the 1980s -- TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, R&amp -- D AND INNOVATIONS -- SCHUMPETARIAN FEATURES OF JAPAN'S INNOVATIONS -- The Changing Place of Japan in the Global Scientific and Technological Enterprise -- INTRODUCTION -- JAPAN'S CHANGING TECHNOLOGICAL POSITION, 1960-1990 -- U.S. FIRMS' GROWING LINKS WITH THE JAPANESE R&amp -- D SYSTEM -- Foreign Patenting and R&amp -- D Activity in Japan -- Japanese R&amp -- D Activity in the United States -- Strategic Alliances" Between Japanese and Foreign Firms -- CONCLUSION -- Implications of Japan's "Soft Crisis": Forcing New Directions for Japanese Electronics Companies -- INTRODUCTION -- PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE JAPANESE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY -- Description of the "Soft Crisis -- Shortcomings of the Japanese Educational System -- RESPONSES OF JAPANESE FIRMS TO THE SOFT CRISIS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES -- III THE FUTURE OF COMPETITION -- Japan's Unique Capability to Innovate: Technology Fusion and its International Implications -- JAPAN'S UNIQUE INNOVATION CAPABILITY -- Mechatronics: A Key to Japan's Industrial Strength in the Past -- Optoelectronics: An Emerging Capability -- Characterization: Technology Fusion -- NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TECHNOLOGY FUSION -- Expected Technological Advances -- New Materials: Designed Materials -- Biotechnology: Rational Drug Design -- THE EMERGING TECHNO-PARADIGM -- Categories of Paradigm Shift -- Technology Fusion as an Underlying Trend -- NEW PARADIGM FOR POLICYMAKING -- Corporate Strategy: New Technical Alliances.; Government Policy: New Research Consortia -- Japan's Industrial Competitiveness and the Technological Capabilities of the Leading Japanese Firms -- NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION AND CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP -- A MODEL OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS -- TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND GROWTH IN THE LEADING JAPANESE ; INDUSTRIAL FIRMS -- SOME CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ON THE IMPLICATIONS FOR JAPAN'S FUTURE TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETITIVENESS -- Japanese Control of R&amp -- D Activities in the United States: Is This Cause for Concern? -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RISE IN JAPANESE CONTROL OF U.S. R&amp -- D -- JAPANESE-CONTROLLED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND U.S. INTERESTS -- IV POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Policy Implications of Japan's Growing Technological Capabilities: Framing the Issues -- CONVERGENCE -- SLOW GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES -- THE ''STRATEGIC" INDUSTRY CONCEPT -- THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY DISPUTE -- INTERNATIONALIZATION OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY -- Policy Implications for the United States: Comments -- Comments on Policy Implications -- INTRODUCTION -- THE U.S. ECONOMY -- WHY THIS CHANGE FROM THE 1950S? -- WHAT TO DO? -- LEARNING FROM OTHERS -- WHAT ABOUT JAPAN? -- U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIXES -- A Contributing Authors -- B Conference on Japan's Growing Technological Capability: Implications for the U.S. Economy.
• Sommario/riassunto: The perspectives of technologists, economists, and policymakers are brought together in this volume. It includes chapters dealing with approaches to assessment of technology leadership in the United States and Japan, an evaluation of future impacts of eroding U.S. technological preeminence, an analysis of the changing nature of technology-based global competition, and a discussion of policy options for the United States.