Small firms and innovation policy in Japan / Cornelia Storz -- How do we formulate policies? / Lambert T. Koch -- Japanese science and technology policy in transition / Martin Hemmert -- Innovation policy for SME in Japan : the case of technology transfer centres / Klaus Ruth -- Cognitive models and economic policy / Cornelia Storz -- SME and technology policy in the U.S. and Japan : the case of biotechnology / Reiko Kishida and Leonard H. Lynn -- Supplier system and innovation policy in Japan / Hiroshi Ueno, Takashi Murakoso and Takumi Hirai
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
