Japan’s Innovation Strategies

Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates
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Carin Holroyd: Asia Pacific Foundation
Ken Coates: University of Waterloo

Chapter 2 in Innovation Nation, 2007, pp 30-60 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Japan’s 21st century innovation strategy emerged from a legacy of active government engagement in economic and technological transformation. Whereas the innovation culture in the United States reflected the powerful combination of the world’s most risk-intense private sector and a 20th century commitment to industrial transformation through military (and related space) expenditures, the Japanese approach since Second World War had been marked by government direction, policies and programmes, direct investment in infrastructure and government — business collaboration. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the response to the challenges of the 21st-century involves a prominent role for the national government, high expectations of government — business interaction and a commitment to national economic transformation.1

Keywords: Japanese Government; Optical Burst Switching; Industrial Cluster; National Competitiveness; Business Collaboration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230599451_3

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