Introduction: The Objectives and Research Questions of This Book

Masatoshi Fujiwara () and Yaichi Aoshima ()
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Masatoshi Fujiwara: Hitotsubashi University
Yaichi Aoshima: Hitotsubashi University

Chapter Chapter 1 in Mechanisms for Long-Term Innovation, 2022, pp 1-21 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, we first clarify the research question addressed in this book, “Why is development of new technologies and new businesses continued for a long period of time under a high level of uncertainty?” and explain a background that we selected the history of reverse osmosis membrane development as our research target. We next propose the framework for our analysis, which focuses on four types of uncertainty associated with innovation processes: technological uncertainty, customer uncertainty, competition, uncertainty, and social and organizational uncertainty. We also discuss that breakthrough technologies, initial market, policy support, and company-specific rationales play important roles in dealing with these uncertainties. At the end of this chapter, we explain the overall structure of this book.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4896-1_1

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