Recovering from Success Innovation and Technology Management in Japan [Paperback]

How did Japan fall from challenger to US hegemonic leadership in the high tech industries in the 1980s, to stumbling giant by the turn of the century? This book examines the challenges faced by Japanese companies through emulation by foreign competitors, and the emergence of new competitive models linked to open innovation and modular production.

1. Introduction,Robert E. Cole and D. Hugh Whittaker
Part 1: Industries, Technologies and Value Chains
2. The Telecommunication Industry: A Turnaround in Japan's Global Presence,Robert E. Cole
3. Modular Production's Impact on Japan's Electronics Industry,Timothy Sturgeon
4. Technology Management and Competitiveness of the Japanese Semiconductor Industry,Takashi Yunogami
5. Global Value Chains in the Pharmaceutical Industry,Jocelyn Probert
6. Software's Hidden Challenges,Robert E. Cole
Part 2: MOT In and Between Enterprises
7. The Open Innovation Model: Implications for Innovation in Japan,Henry Chesbrough
8. Managing Creativity and Control of Knowledge Workers,Clair Brown
9. Rethinking Innovation,Eiichi Yamaguchi
10. Realizing Creative Innovation Through R&D in Japan,Philippe Byosiere
11. Hitachi's Nascent 'New Production(ist)' System,D. Hugh Whittaker
12. Interfirm Networks and the Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan,James Lincoln
Part 3: Transforming Japan's Innovation System
13. Innovation Policy for Japan as a Front Runner,Tateo Arimoto
14. Security and Techno-Systems: A Comparative Analysis,Yuzo Murayama
15. Human Resources and Technology Management in Japanese Corporations,Atsushi Kaneko, Yoshi-fumi Nakata and Muneaki Yokoyama
16. Electronic Government in Japan: Towards Harmony Between Technology Solutions and Administrative Systems,Toshiro Kita
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