Small firms and innovation policy in Japan
This new book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Although Japan has a strong reputation as an innovator, some people argue that this reputation is misplaced. Contrary to earlier expectations, the USA rather than Japan emerged as the leader...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge
2017.
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary Japan series.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429715006719 |
| Summary: | This new book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Although Japan has a strong reputation as an innovator, some people argue that this reputation is misplaced. Contrary to earlier expectations, the USA rather than Japan emerged as the leader in the biotech industries in the 1990s, and also many small firms in Japan supply only a few - or just one - other company, thereby limiting their view of the marketplace and the commercial opportunities within it. Despite the increase of international patents, international scientific cit |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134207527 9781280290350 9786610290352 9780203027899 |
