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Should be requred reading for anyone interested or involved in the evolution of the most dynamic industry in the 20th century...Fransman integrates complex interrelated developments in technology, management, and government policy in a most impressive manner...An outstanding piece of work. --Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus, Harvard University<br> There are few formidably large books that have such a good excuse for being so bulky....The treatment is of the concrete and down-to-earth kind that makes the subject come alive...The analysis of 'controlled competition' is one of the best things in the book. Altogether, a first-rate piece of work. --Ronald Dore, London School of Economics<br> A major contribution in our understanding of the evolution of japanese capabilities in computers and telecommunications....It is must-reading for anyone who wants to understand both the success and the weakness of Japan in these key industries. --Richard Nelson, Columbia University<br> An excellent book...It provides by far the best account of the evolution of Japanese computer and telecommunications companies...It is also a major contribution to the theoretical and empirical literature on industrial innovation. --Chris Freeman, Emeritus Professor of Science and Technology, SPRU, University of Sussex<br> With an observant eye for detail, Professor Fransman brings to life the successes and shortcomings of Japan's efforts in computing and communications. While the largely self-contained case studies offered by this authoritative volume deserve attention by themselves, interested readers will find even greater reward from the composite picture they present ofJapan's search for economic advantage from information technologies. --Arno Penzias, AT&T Bell Labs<br>

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Martin Fransman is Director of the Institute for Japanese-European Technology Studies (JET), at the University of Edinburgh.

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