Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company (NTT) and the Building of a Telecommunications Industry in Japan

Marie Anchordoguy

Business History Review, 2001, vol. 75, issue 3, 507-541

Abstract: The state's role in building Japan's telecommunications industry is illustrated by the history of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company (NTT) in the post–World War II period. Several factors explain the state's success in developing one of the world's most reliable and technologically advanced industries: a strong desire for technological self-sufficiency; a favorable international environment; an ability to legally reverse-engineer foreign products; and the existence of a business sector that was willing and able to invest heavily in the human resources and facilities necessary to become global players. Japan also benefited from a consensus among its state and business elite on how to use NTT for the purpose of national development.

Date: 2001
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