Acquiring, Adapting and Developing Technologies: Lessons from the Japanese Experience (Studies on the Modern Japanese Economy)

xviii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents: Japanese experience in technology: a survey / Ryoshin Minami, Kwan S. Kim, Fumio Makino, Joung-hae Seo -- The development of appropriate technologies for export promotion in the silk-reeling industry / Ryoshin Minami, Fumio Makino -- Mechanism of the diffusion of technologies: case study of the cotton-weaving industry / Ryoshin Minami, Fumio Makino -- Technology choice in the cotton-spinning industry: the switch from mules to ring frames / Yukihiko Kiyokawa -- Choice of technologies in the ship-building industry: modern versus traditional / Katsuo Otsuka. The development of the farm machinery industry: case study of the walking-type tractor / Toshiyuki Kako -- The dynamics of innovation and learning-by-doing: the case of the integrated circuit industry / Akimitsu Sakuma -- Organizational innovation and the development of the sewing-machine industry / Susumu Hondai -- Technological innovation in the steel industry: recognizing potential in innovations / Seiichiro Yonekura -- An international comparison of productivity and product development performance in the automobile industry / Takahiro Fujimoto, Akira Takeishi. Research and development competition and innovation in the video cassette recorder industry / Joung-hae Seo -- Japanese technology and industrial development in Thailand: the experience of the synthetic fibre industry / Tran Van Tho -- Concluding reflections: lessons from the Japanese experience / Ryoshin Minami [and others].