From regional production system to regional innovation system: evolutional changes of Suwa industrial region in Japan

Mitsuru Sato and Yoshiyuki Okamoto

Chapter 11 in Sustainable Innovation and Regional Development, 2017, pp 225-246 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter presents the evolution of Japan’s regional production systems through the case of the Suwa region, which is one of the regional industrial areas in Japan. The objective of the chapter is to explain the sustainable innovation process and to consider the role of a region in innovation creation. In Suwa, the active interaction of the region brings regional innovations toward sustainable development, while utilizing accumulated technology of the region. The region provides opportunities which ease the knowledge flow between actors within the region and outside the region, by establishing core organization.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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