Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gotō, Akira, 1945-

Description

1. xiii, 309 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

1. This book studies the industrial development of Japan since the mid-nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on how the various industries built technological capabilities. The Japanese were extraordinarily creative in searching out and learning to use modern technologies, and the authors investigate the emergence of entrepreneurs who began new and risky businesses, how the business organizations evolved to cope with changing technological conditions, and how the managers, engineers, and workers acquired organizational and technological skills through technology importation, learning-by-doing, and their own R & D activities.
2. The book investigates the interaction between private entrepreneurial activities and public policy, through a general examination of economic and industrial development, a study of the evolution of management systems, and six industrial case studies: textile, iron and steel, electrical and communications equipment, automobiles, shipbuilding and aircraft, and pharmaceuticals. The authors show how the Japanese government has played an important supportive role in the continuing innovation, without being a substitute for aggressive business enterprise constantly venturing into unfamiliar terrains.

Series statement

1. Japan business and economics series

Uniform title

1. Japan business & economics.

Subject

1. Geschichte 1850-1996
2. Since 1868
3. Technological innovations > Economic aspects > History. > Japan
4. Entrepreneurship > Japan > History
5. 83.62 economics of technology
6. Economic history
7. Economic policy
8. Entrepreneurship
9. Technological innovations > Economic aspects
10. Industrialisierung
11. Innovation
12. Unternehmen
13. Unternehmenspolitik
14. Technische vernieuwing
15. Industriële ontwikkeling
16. Management
17. Innovation > Aspect économique > Histoire. > Japon
18. Entrepreneurs (économie politique) > Japon > Histoire
19. Technischer Fortschritt
20. Wirtschaftsentwicklung
21. Japan > Economic conditions > 1868-
22. Japan > Economic policy
23. Japan
24. Japon > Conditions économiques > 1868-...
25. Japon > Politique économique
26. Economic conditions History, 1868-
27. Japan

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Foreword / Richard R. Nelson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Economic and Technological Change from the Meiji Restoration to World War II -- 3. The Post-War Technological Progress and Government Policies -- 4. The Evolution of a Management System from the Tokugawa Era to World War II -- 5. Management in Post-War Japan and Today -- 6. Textiles -- 7. Iron and Steel -- 8. Electrical and Communications Equipment -- 9. Automobiles -- 10. Shipbuilding and Aircraft -- 11. Pharmaceuticals -- 12. What Can We Learn from the Past? -- App. A Brief Chronology of Japan's History.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-294) and indexes.