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New strategies for new challenges : corporate innovation in the United States and Japan : report of a joint task force of the National Research Council and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
| New strategies for new challenges : corporate innovation in the United States and Japan : report of a joint task force of the National Research Council and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (54 p.) |
| Collana | The compass series |
| Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - United States
Industries - United States Technological innovations - Japan Industries - Japan |
| ISBN |
0-309-18438-X
1-280-21046-X 9786610210466 0-309-59094-9 0-585-19796-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
New Strategies for New Challenges: Corporate Innovation in the United States and Japan -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- OVERVIEW -- MAJOR AREAS OF U.S.-JAPAN CONVERGENCE AND CONTINUED DISPARITY -- Growing Similarities and Evidence for Convergence -- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)-Supplier Relations -- Inventiveness -- Focus on Core Business Activities -- Role of Government -- Continuing Fundamental Differences and Evidence Against Convergence -- Defense-Related R& -- D Spending -- Role of Universities -- Industry/Government Division of Responsibility -- Labor-Market Practices -- Supplier Networks -- Component Sourcing -- Financial Environment for Innovation -- EMERGING TRENDS -- Greater Reliance on External Sources of Innovation. -- Shifts in Corporate R& -- D Strategies and Organizations -- Role of Consortia in Setting De Facto Standards -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Need for More Data on U.S., Japanese and Global Trends in Corporate Innovation -- Need to Continue Scholarly Work on Models and Frameworks for Innovation -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 1 Introduction -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 2 Past Perceptions of U.S. and Japanese Innovation Systems -- NATIONAL LEVEL DIFFERENCES -- FIRM LEVEL DIFFERENCES -- Organization and Geography of R& -- D -- Long-Term and Short-Term Perspectives -- R& -- D's Role in Setting Corporate Business Plans -- Human Resources Utilization and Development -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 3 Are the U.S. and Japanese Innovation Systems Converging? Evidence for and Against -- CHANGES IN INDUSTRY -- Capital Markets -- Corporate Innovation Management -- Focus on Improving Productivity -- Role of Knowledge -- Priority Setting -- Globalization of Innovation -- Joint Initiatives in Manufacturing and Product Development -- Issues Raised by Globalization -- CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT'S ROLE.
NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 4 External Relationships in Corporate Technology Policy and Innovation Strategy -- EXTERNAL SOURCING OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION -- Vertical and Diagonal Relationships in Outsourcing -- Diversification vs. New Firm Creation in Relation to Outsourcing of Innovation -- Lack of Data to Measure the Extent of Foreign Sourcing of Innovation -- Impact of External Sourcing of Innovation -- Precompetitive Research Partnerships, Alliances, and Consortia -- CONSORTIA FOR INFORMAL STANDARDIZATION AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 5 Theory and Practice: Developing New Frameworks for Analyzing Systems of Innovation -- DEMAND ARTICULATION -- INDICATORS OF JAPANESE AND U.S. TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND ASSETS -- CORPORATE TECHNOLOGY STOCK MODEL -- INNOVATION-MEDIATED PRODUCTION AND THE ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- CONCLUSIONS -- Globalization of Corporate Innovation -- U.S.-Japan "Problem Convergence" and Continued Disparities in Environments and Approaches -- Need for Further Work -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Need for International Efforts to Improve the Quantity and Quality of Data on Innovation -- Comparability of Data on R& -- D Spending -- Data on the Changing Institutional Context for R& -- D, including Expanding International Links -- Need for Additional Work on Models and Conceptual Frameworks for Innovation, and Research on Similarities and Differences… -- Need to Address Major Emerging Policy Questions and Issues -- Possible Shortage of Industrial Basic Research -- Possible New Division of Labor in Funding Fundamental Research -- De Facto Standards -- National Civilian Technology Promotion Programs -- NOTES AND REFERENCES. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817712803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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