Market and Beyond - Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology

Klappentext This book examines the Japanese success in technology through their Innovation System! improving products and their foresight. Zusammenfassung This book advances our understanding on how the Japanese success in technology works by examining the Japanese Innovation System! the ability to improve and update products! and the foresight in creating innovations for the distant future. It will be of interest to all teachers! students and policy-makers interested in technological competition. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. A periodisation of the development of the computer and electronic devices industry in Japan, 1948-1979; 3. The ULSI research project, 1976-80; 4. The optical measurement and control system project, 1979-85; 5. The high speed computing system for scientific and technological uses project (the supercomputer project), 1981-89; 6. The future electronic devices project, 1981-1990; 7. The fifth generation computer project, 1982-1991; 8. Cooperation and competition in the Japanese computing and electronic devices industry: a quantitative analysis; 9. Conclusions and theoretical implications; Appendices; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Fransman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.1993
• EAN: 9780521435253
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43525-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Cooperation and Competition in
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, Information technology industries, Microeconomics