Technological Innovation and Economic Development in Modern Japan

ISBN-13: 9780367619831 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 240 str.

Guan Quan

Opis

As the first volume of the two-volume Industrial Development in Modern China: Comparisons with Japan that studies the different paths of industrialization and economic modernization between China and Japan, this book analyzes the relationship between technological innovation and economic development in Japan before World War II.

Spis treści

Part I: Preliminary Investigation  1. Topic and Outlook Part II: Characteristics of Innovation and Development  2. Structural Changes in Industrial Development: Tradition and Modernity  3. Industrial Development and Innovation: Technology Impetus and Demand Driver  4. Regional Nature of the Power Revolution  Part III: Conditions for Innovation and Development  5. Industrial Development and Human Resources: Analysis of Inventors  6. Industrial Development and Market Structure: The Schumpeter Hypothesis  7. Technology Policy: Analysis of Patent System Part IV: Cases of Innovation and Development  8. Traditional Industry: The Rise and Fall of the Rickshaw Industry  9. Intermediate Industry: The Development of the Bicycle Industry  10. Modern Industry: The Rise of the Automotive Industry  Part V: Concluding Remarks and Implications  11. Concluding Remarks and Implications