With the emergence of "high-technology", various changes are occurring in the whole framework of science and technology policy. These changes may be referred to as "paradigm shift". This shift is rendering obsolete the policy arguments of science and technology which have hitherto been common sense in theories of business administration and international relations. This book presents an empirical analysis of the diffusion of Japanese high technologies. It is often thought that the Japanese socioeconomic system leads to its international competitiveness even in high technology areas. Is this because the Japanese built a unique socioeconomic system which is efficient in producing civilian high technologies, or is it because the existing Japanese system happens to fit the newly emerging techno-paradigm? Fumio Kodama formulates the characteristics of high technologies by generalizing individual Japanese experiences. The book is divided into six categories: definitional aspect of manufacturing companies; technological basis for business; innovation pattern; research and development activities; technology utilization; and process of technology development.
In each category, conceptual description comes first. Then, empirical and statistical evidences are shown in details, using recent Japanese experiences. It is concluded by policy implications.
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978-0-86187-835-2 (9780861878352)
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Part 1 Overview - six categories of techno-paradigm shift: manufacturing companies; business dynamics; R&D activities; technology development; innovation pattern; technology diffusion; some comments on research methodology. Part 2 Companies and business dynamics - from producing to thinking organization for diversification: changing pattern of manufacturing companies; flexible manufacturing system; database for diversification studies; measurement of diversification; sectoral patterns of diversification; policies for diversification. Part 3 R&D activities - from visible to invisible competitors: structural characteristics of high-tech industry; the dynamics of R&D programmes; database for R&D dynamics; mathematical formulation of R&D dynamics; statistical tests of dynamic models; identification of sectoral pattern; policy implications. Part 4 Technology development - from linear to demand articulation process: survey of relevant literatures; structure of demand articulation; process of demand articulation; public policy for demand articulation - Japanese experiences in collective research; technological rationale of collective research; database for studies of collective research; economic rationale of participation; derived dichotomy of collective research. Part 5 Innovation pattern - from breakthrough to technology fusion: mechatronics revolution; optoelectronics revolution; technology fusion; mathematical formulation; high technology and technology fusion. Part 6 Technology diffusion - from technical to institutional inertia: descriptive evidence; database for analysis of quantitative evidence; choice of mathematical models; two types of innovations; diffusion of computer into prefectural governments; identification of diffusion pattern.
