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Summary
Summary
This title includes the following features: Identifies the source of thecompetitive problems Japan has been experiencing in the high-tech arena;Examines how Japan has responded to these problems and assesses its currentstanding; Considers the role of the Management of Technology (MOT) movement;Contributions from expert Japanese and Western academics and practitionersresearching and working in this area; The editors provide a context-settingintroduction, and thought-provoking concluding chapter
Author Notes
Robert E. Cole served as Co-Director of the Management of Technology Program at the Haas School of Business from 1997-2006. He is a long term student of Japanese work organization, the auto industry and the Japanese quality movement and has published widely on these topics over the last 35 years. Most recently, he has been working in the hitech arena. Prior to moving to UC Berkeley in 1991, he was Professor of Sociology and Business Administration at the University of Michigan for 24 years.D. Hugh Whittaker gained his Ph.D from Imperial College, London, and taught at Cambridge University for twelve years before moving to Doshisha University in 2002 as a founding faculty member of Doshisha Business School. He helped to establish and is currently director of the Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness (ITEC) at Doshisha University, designated a Centre of Excellence by Japan's Ministry of Education in 2003. He is author of numerous books and articles on Japanese and comparative industry and management, including Small Firms in the Japanese Economy (Cambridge University Press, 1997), and with T. Inagami, The New Community Firm: Employment, Governance and Management Reform in Japan (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
Table of Contents
1 IntroductionRobert E. Cole and D. Hugh Whittaker |
Part 1 Industries, Technologies and Value Chains |
2 The Telecommunication Industry: A Turnaround in Japan's Global PresenceRobert E. Cole |
3 Modular Production's Impact on Japan's Electronics IndustryTimothy Sturgeon |
4 Technology Management and Competitiveness of the Japanese Semiconductor IndustryTakashi Yunogami |
5 Global Value Chains in the Pharmaceutical IndustryJocelyn Probert |
6 Software's Hidden ChallengesRobert E. Cole |
Part 2 MOT In and Between Enterprises |
7 The Open Innovation Model: Implications for Innovation in JapanHenry Chesbrough |
8 Managing Creativity and Control of Knowledge WorkersClair Brown |
9 Rethinking InnovationEiichi Yamaguchi |
10 Realizing Creative Innovation Through R&D in JapanPhilippe Byosiere |
11 Hitachi's Nascent `New Production(ist)' SystemD. Hugh Whittaker |
12 Interfirm Networks and the Management of Technology and Innovation in JapanJames Lincoln |
Part 3 Transforming Japan's Innovation System |
13 Innovation Policy for Japan as a Front RunnerTateo Arimoto |
14 Security and Techno-Systems: A Comparative AnalysisYuzo Murayama |
15 Human Resources and Technology Management in Japanese CorporationsAtsushi Kaneko and Yoshi-fumi Nakata and Muneaki Yokoyama |
16 Electronic Government in Japan: Towards Harmony Between Technology Solutions and Administrative SystemsToshiro Kita |
17 ConclusionD. Hugh Whittaker and Robert E. Cole |