Small firms and innovation policy in Japan /
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 leader...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2006.
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary Japan series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 leader in the biotech industries in the 1990s, and also many small firms in Japan supply only a few - or just one - other company, thereby limiting their view of the marketplace and the commercial opportunities within it. Despite the increase of international patents, international scientific cit. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203027892 9780203027899 9786610290352 6610290350 1134207514 9781134207510 9780415368124 041536812X |