Technology and Industrial Development in Japan - Building Capabilities By Learning, Innovation and Public Policy

This book studies the industrial development of Japan since the mid-nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on how the various industries built technological capabilities.

List of contents

• Foreword by Richard R. Nelson


• Acknowledgements


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Economic and Technological Change from the Meiji Restoration to World War II


• 3: The Post-War Technological Progress and Government Policies


• 4: The Evolution of a Management System from the Tokugawa Era to World War II


• 5: Management in Post-War Japan and Today


• 6: Textiles


• 7: Iron and Steel


• 8: Electrical and Communications Equipment


• 9: Automobiles


• 10: Shipbuilding and Aircraft


• 11: Pharmaceuticals


• 12: What Can We Learn from the Past?


• Notes


• Appendix


• A Brief Chronology of Japan's History


• Bibliography

About the author

Hiroyuki Odagiri is Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University

Akira Goto is Professor Emeritus, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo

Foreword by Richard R. Nelson

Summary

This book studies the industrial development of Japan since the mid-nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on how the various industries built technological capabilities.

Product details

• Authors: Goto , Odagiri , Akira Goto, Akira (Akira Goto is Professor Emeritus Goto, Goto Akira, Richard R. Nelson, Hiroyuki Odagiri, Hiroyuki (Hiroyuki Odagiri Is Professor E Odagiri, Hiroyuki (Hiroyuki Odagiri is Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University) Odagiri, Hiroyuki Goto Odagiri, Odagiri Hiroyuki
• Assisted by: Richard R. Nelson (Foreword)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780198838111
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883811-1
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Japan Business and Economics Series; Japan Business and Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Japan, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Research & Development, Organizational theory & behaviour, Political Economy, Research & development management, Microeconomics, Manufacturing industries, Organizational theory and behaviour, Research and development management