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Acquiring, Adapting and Developing Technologies
. Ed(S): Kim, Kwan S.; Maki, Fumio; Seo, Joung-Hae; Minami, Ryoshin
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Paperback. Editor(s): Kim, Kwan S.; Maki, Fumio; Seo, Joung-Hae; Minami, Ryoshin. Series: Studies on the Modern Japanese Economy. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCD; KCP; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Economic progress requires technological development, which in turn depends on a country's social capacity to acquire, assimilate, and develop new technologies. Focusing on the evolution of Japan's economy from the Meiji Restoration to the present day, this volume provides an authoritative account, firmly grounded in theoretical and empirical analysis, of the country's attempts to generate the necessary social capacity for technological innovation and absorption. Successive chapters address the specific experiences of a number of key Japanese industries during this process. Each industrial case study is written by an acknowledged expert in the field and presents material of significant interest to ... Read more
Economic progress requires technological development, which in turn depends on a country's social capacity to acquire, assimilate, and develop new technologies. Focusing on the evolution of Japan's economy from the Meiji Restoration to the present day, this volume provides an authoritative account, firmly grounded in theoretical and empirical analysis, of the country's attempts to generate the necessary social capacity for technological innovation and absorption. Successive chapters address the specific experiences of a number of key Japanese industries during this process. Each industrial case study is written by an acknowledged expert in the field and presents material of significant interest to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Series
Studies on the Modern Japanese Economy
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349237777
SKU
V9781349237777
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