Technology and industrial development in Japan : building capabilities by learning, innovation, and public policy / Hiroyuki Odagiri and Akira Goto ; with a foreword by Richard R. Nelson
Foreword / Richard R. Nelson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Economic and Technological Change from the Meiji Restoration to World War II -- 3. The Post-War Technological Progress and Government Policies -- 4. The Evolution of a Management System from the Tokugawa Era to World War II -- 5. Management in Post-War Japan and Today -- 6. Textiles -- 7. Iron and Steel -- 8. Electrical and Communications Equipment -- 9. Automobiles -- 10. Shipbuilding and Aircraft -- 11. Pharmaceuticals -- 12. What Can We Learn from the Past? -- App. A Brief Chronology of Japan's History
Summary
Here, the authors investigate the interaction between private entrepreneurial activities and public policy through a general examination of economic and industrial development
