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Acquiring, Adapting and Developing Technologies
. Ed(S): Minami, Ryoshin; Kim, Kwan S.; Maki, Fumio; Seo, Joung-Hae
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Hardback. This study focuses on the evolution of the Japanese economy and gives an account of the country's attempts to generate the social capacity for technological innovation and absorption. It features case studies written by acknowledged experts, and concludes with a summary of useful lessons. Editor(s): Minami, Ryoshin; Kim, Kwan S.; Maki, Fumio; Seo, Joung-Hae. Series: Studies in the Modern Japanese Economy. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCB; KCP; KN; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 616.
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
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the Modern Japanese Economy
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333620878
SKU
V9780333620878
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