The Market and Beyond: Cooperation and Competition in Information TechnologyMany 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A periodization of the development of the computer and electronic devices industry in Japan 19481979 | 13 |
The VLSI Research Project 19761980 | 57 |
The Optical Measurement and Control System Project 19791985 | 98 |
The HighSpeed Computing System for Scientific and Technological Uses Project The Supercomputer Project 19811989 | 145 |
The Future Electronic Devices Project 19811990 | 177 |
The Fifth Generation Computer Project 19821991 | 193 |
Cooperation and competition in the Japanese computing and electronic devices industry a quantitative analysis | 243 |
Common terms and phrases
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