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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan: Politics, Organizations, and High Technology Firms Book

This new perspective on Japanese economic history explores the struggles of entrepreneurs and civic-minded local leaders in fostering innovative activity. Ibata-Arens analyzes the strategies of firms, local governments and communities in Japan via case studies of 50 high technology manufacturers in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo, with reference to bio tech clusters in the United States. She argues that important effects on innovation and competition arise from the interplay between national institutions and the ways in which firms are embedded within local and regional institutions.Read More

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    Japan's innovators and entrepreneurs have survived recession in the 1990s to prosper in today's competitive business environment. This volume explores the struggles of entrepreneurs and civic-minded local leaders in fostering innovative activity, and identifies key business lessons for an economy in need of dynamic change. Ibata-Arens offers in-depth analysis of strategy in firms, communities and in local government. The book examines detailed case studies of high-technology manufacturers in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo, as well as bio-tech clusters in America--demonstrating far-reaching innovation and competition effects in national institutions

  • 0521856442
  • 9780521856447
  • Kathryn Ibata-Arens
  • 3 November 2005
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 268
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