The Market and Beyond: Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology

ISBN-13: 9780521435253 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 352 str.

Martin Fransman

Opis

Many have described the Japanese competitive success in information technology; very few have explained it. In this book Martin Fransman advances our understanding by developing the concept of the Japanese Innovation System--an arrangement consisting of competing and cooperating private companies, government policy-makers and researchers, and universities. It will be of interest to all teachers, students and policy makers interested in technological competition.

Recenzje

' . . . extremely well-researched . . . its greatest strength is that it tries to explain as well as describe . . . as an exercise in comparative industrial organisation [it] is something of a tour de force.' Journal of Information Technology

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. A periodisation of the development of the computer and electronic devices industry in Japan, 1948–1979; 3. The ULSI research project, 1976–80; 4. The optical measurement and control system project, 1979–85; 5. The high speed computing system for scientific and technological uses project (the supercomputer project), 1981–89; 6. The future electronic devices project, 1981–1990; 7. The fifth generation computer project, 1982–1991; 8. Cooperation and competition in the Japanese computing and electronic devices industry: a quantitative analysis; 9. Conclusions and theoretical implications; Appendices; References; Index.