The Market and Beyond Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology [Paperback]

This book examines the Japanese success in technology through their Innovation System, improving products and their foresight.A better understanding of Japanese competitive success in information technology is made possible by developing the concept of the Japanese Innovation System--an arrangement of competing and cooperating private companies, government policy-makers, researchers and universities.A better understanding of Japanese competitive success in information technology is made possible by developing the concept of the Japanese Innovation System--an arrangement of competing and cooperating private companies, government policy-makers, researchers and universities.Many have described the Japanese competitive success in information technology; very few have explained it. In this book Martin Fransman advances our understanding by developing the concept of the Japanese Innovation System--an arrangement consisting of competing and cooperating private companies, government policy-makers and researchers, and universities. It will be of interest to all teachers, students and policy makers interested in technological competition.List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. A periodisation of the development of the computer and electronic devices industry in Japan, 19481979; 3. The ULSI research project, 197680; 4. The optical measurement and control system project, 197985; 5. The high speed computing system for scientific and technological uses project (the supercomputer project), 198189; 6. The future electronic devices project, 19811990; 7. The fifth generation computer project, 19821991; 8. Cooperation and competition in the Japanese computing and electronic devices industry: a quantitative analysis; 9. Conclusions and theoretical implications; Appendices; References; Index. ...the book contains an important message for those who believe that the west can borrow from Japan's experience with collaboration. Financial Times ...should be complÃ$