Promoting industrial development through technology policy: Lessons from Japan and China

Peilei Fan and Chihiro Watanabe

Technology in Society, 2006, vol. 28, issue 3, 303-320

Abstract: In this paper, we analyzed and compared how Japan and China's technology policies have contributed to their industrial development. Using numerical methods, we found that technological capability has contributed to both countries’ industrial development and upgrade in their peak-growth period. Further, the governments of both countries have intentionally promoted domestic technological capability by effective technology policies, balancing the import of foreign technology and indigenous development, and engaging business/private sector as a major force for improving technological capabilities.

Keywords: Japan; China; Technology policy; Industrial development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2006.06.002

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