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Small Firms and Innovation Policy in Japan
Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
This new book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Although Japan has a strong reputation as an innovator, some people argue that this reputation is misplaced. Contrary to earlier expectations, the USA rather than Japan emerged as the...
Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Institutional and Technological Change in Japan's Economy
Past and Present
Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
Institutional and technological change is a highly topical subject. At the theoretical level, there is much debate in the field of institutional economics about the role of technological change in endogenous growth theory. At a practical policy level, arguments rage about how Japan and the Japanese...
Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Institutional Diversity and Innovation
Continuing and Emerging Patterns in Japan and China
Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition
The concept of "innovation systems" has gained considerable attention from scholars and politicians alike. The concept promises not only to serve as a tool to explain sustained economic development, but also to provide policy-makers with scientifically grounded policy options to advance the growth...
Published May 26th 2011 by Routledge
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Asian-European Relations
Building Blocks for Global Governance?
Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
Interregional Relations are a novel field within international relations which have increasingly been attracting scholarly interest. Thus, over the last five years or so, Interregional Relations has firmly established itself as a research field, initially within political science, and gradually in...
Published December 14th 2009 by Routledge
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Competitiveness of New Industries
Institutional Framework and Learning in Information Technology in Japan, the U.S and Germany
Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition
Many recent books on information and communication technologies concentrate on individual country experiences or neglect to analyze political factors in conjunction with entrepreneurial ones. This book, the result of an international research project, comprises a comprehensive comparison of three...
Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge