Small firms and innovation policy in Japan / edited by Cornelia Storz. - 1 online resource (xii, 154 pages) - Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 6 . - 6. .

1. Small firms and innovation policy in Japan : an introduction / Cornelia Storz -- 2. How do we formulate policies? : the problem of defining policies and their evaluation / Lambert T. Koch -- 3. Japanese science and technology policy in transition : from catch-up orientation to frontrunner orientation / Martin Hemmert -- 4. Innovation policy for SME in Japan : the case of technology transfer centres / Klaus Ruth -- 5. Cognitive models and economic policy : the case of Japan / Cornelia Storz -- 6. Restructuring the Japanese national biotechnology innovation system : prospects and pitfalls / Reiko Kishida and Leonard H. Lynn -- 7. Supplier system and innovation policy in Japan / Hiroshi Ueno, Takashi Murakoso and Takumi Hirai.

9780203027899 9781134207473 9781134207510 9781134207527

10.4324/9780203027899 doi


Small business--Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Japan.
Small business--Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Japan--Case studies.
Technological innovations--Government policy--Japan.
Technological innovations--Government policy--Japan--Case studies.

HD2346.J3 / S615 2006

338.6420952 / S635