Small Firms And Innovation Policy In Japan

Author : Cornelia Storz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415651727
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Firms and Innovation Policy in Japan written by Cornelia Storz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using comparative studies and original research, this book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309136628
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 21st Century Innovation Systems for Japan and the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing that a capacity to innovate and commercialize new high-technology products is increasingly a key for the economic growth in the environment of tighter environmental and resource constraints, governments around the world have taken active steps to strengthen their national innovation systems. These steps underscore the belief of these governments that the rising costs and risks associated with new potentially high-payoff technologies, their spillover or externality-generating effects and the growing global competition, require national R&D programs to support the innovations by new and existing high-technology firms within their borders. The National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) has embarked on a study of selected foreign innovation programs in comparison with major U.S. programs. The "21st Century Innovation Systems for the United States and Japan: Lessons from a Decade of Change" symposium reviewed government programs and initiatives to support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises, government-university- industry collaboration and consortia, and the impact of the intellectual property regime on innovation. This book brings together the papers presented at the conference and provides a historical context of the issues discussed at the symposium.

Author : Kathryn Ibata-Arens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139448765
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan written by Kathryn Ibata-Arens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan's innovators and entrepreneurs are a real success story against the odds, surviving recession in the 1990s to prosper in today's competitive business environment. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan explores the struggles of entrepreneurs and civic-minded local leaders in fostering innovative activity, and identifies key business lessons for an economy in need of dynamic change. Ibata-Arens offers in-depth analysis of strategy in firms, communities and in local government. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan examines detailed case studies of high-technology manufacturers in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo, as well as bio-tech clusters in America - demonstrating far-reaching innovation and competition effects in national institutions, and firms embedded within local and regional institutions. The book is essential reading for academics and students of business, economics, political economy, political science, and sociology. It will also appeal to investors, entrepreneurs and community development organisations seeking new perspectives on global competition and entrepreneurship in high-technology enterprises.

Author : Yuko Aoyama
Publisher : Institute of International Studies International Institute o
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Business Policy in Japan and the United States written by Yuko Aoyama and published by Institute of International Studies International Institute o. This book was released on 1996 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Keith Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317969200
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation in Japan written by Keith Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese economy has made a remarkable recovery from the so-called ‘Lost Decade’ of the 1990s. This said, demographic trends suggest that Japan will have to show remarkable powers of innovation if it is to continue to prosper in the global economy. For, around the turn of the last century texts published by prominent strategy analysts such as Michael Porter and colleagues were asking whether Japan could continue to compete at all, and in answering this question they not only gained significant global attention, they also appeared to sound the death knell for strategic innovation in Japan. This collection helps put the record straight. It invites authors and editors of previous (Routledge) titles on the topic of ‘Innovation in Japan’ to reflect on how things have moved on – prominent scholars on Japanese innovation such as Martin Hemmert, Cornelia Storz, and Ruth Taplin, all of whom appear in this collection. It brings together fresh perspectives on Japanese-style innovation, from insiders and from outsiders, from scholars and from practitioners, all of whose combined contributions to this book update our understanding of how patterns of innovation in Japan are evolving and thus provide inspiration and guidance for managers and innovators worldwide.

Author : Yveline Lecler
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814360600
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Regional Innovation written by Yveline Lecler and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All over the world, open innovation is emerging and requires much more interactions between different actors with different organizational cultures: large firms and SMEs (i.e. industry), universities and research institutions (i.e. academia), as well as national and regional authorities for building the legal or incentive framework of innovation (i.e government). Certainly, flows of knowledge between these three spheres, which are also known as the triple helix, have always existed; but what appears to be new in an open innovation environment is the overlapping of their missions. In many areas such multi-actor interactions with overlapping roles did not emerge spontaneously, as was the case with the United States. Based on robust cases studied by researchers and practical experiences of personnel involved in innovation at public or private institutions, this book successively discusses the policy framework in Europe and Japan, the new role for universities due to intellectual property reform or technology transfer promotion, the new challenges for firms in terms of licensing, patents, corporate venturing, including entrepreneurship, incubation, venture capital or cross-industry knowledge sharing. All issues addressed in this book are clearly those toward regional innovation policies and practices that are open in nature. It contains descriptions and analysis of the various approaches taken by industrial, governmental, and academic players in various regions of Japan (Tohoku, Tokyo) and Europe (France, Belgium). The mix of theoretical and empirical material collected in this book was first presented at an international symposium in Tokyo. The dynamics of regional innovation is an on-going issue, and we are still standing at the threshold of this field of research. It is exactly why such a book is needed now.

Author : D. H. Whittaker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521664714
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Firms in the Japanese Economy written by D. H. Whittaker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-24 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive analysis of the significant but often overlooked role of small firms in Japan's economy.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821383018
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation Policy written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a detailed conceptual framework for understanding and learning about technology innovation policies and programs, and their implementation in the context of different countries.

Author : Yuji Honjo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811038635
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Competition, Innovation, and Growth in Japan written by Yuji Honjo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses three important concepts in the economy—competition, innovation, and growth—using various cases and available data in Japan and other countries. First, the authors discuss competition, including global competition, to provide a better understanding of competition policy in Japan. Then, the authors examine the effects of human capital and alliance on innovation while providing new innovation indicators. Moreover, the authors examine growth from the perspective of corporate strategy such as acquisition, including international comparison. The interplay of competition, innovation, and growth has been prevalent in Japan, and it still acts as a catalyst for stimulating the stagnant economy. A better understanding of competition, innovation, and growth provides the tools to reinvigorate the stagnant economy in Japan and to reinforce the economy in other countries where the period of rapid growth has ended.

Author : Cornelius Herstatt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354031248X
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan written by Cornelius Herstatt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Makes this Book Unique? No crystal ball is required to safely predict, that in the future – even more than in the past – mastered innovativeness will be a primary criterion distinguishing s- cessful from unsuccessful companies. At the latest since Michael Porter’s study on the competitiveness of nations, the same criterion holds even for the evaluation of entire countries and national economies. Despite the innumerable number of p- lications and recommendations on innovation, competitive innovativeness is still a rare competency. The latest publication of UNICE – the European Industry - ganization representing 20 million large, midsize and small companies – speaks a clear language: Europe qualifies to roughly 60% (70%) of the innovation strength of the US (Japan). The record unemployment in many EU countries does not c- tradict this message. A main reason may be given by the fact that becoming an innovative organi- tion means increased openness towards the new and more tolerance towards risks and failures, both challenging the inherently difficult management art of cultural change. Further, lacking innovativeness is often related to legal and fiscal barriers which rather hinder than foster innovative activities. Yet another reason to explain Europe’s notorious innovation gap refers to insufficient financial R&D resources on the company as well as on the national level. As a result, for example, hi- ranking decisions on the level of the European Commission are taken to increase R&D expenditures in the European Union from roughly 2% to 3% of GNP.