Recovering from Success: Innovation and Technology Management in Japan

Author:   D. Hugh Whittaker (, Director for the Institute for Technology, Enterprise, and Competitiveness, and Professor, Doshisha University Business School, Japan) ,  Robert E. Cole (, Omron Professor of Technology Management, Doshisha Business School, Japan, and Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley, US)
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Pages:   352
Publication Date:   17 August 2006
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Author:   D. Hugh Whittaker (, Director for the Institute for Technology, Enterprise, and Competitiveness, and Professor, Doshisha University Business School, Japan) ,  Robert E. Cole (, Omron Professor of Technology Management, Doshisha Business School, Japan, and Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley, US)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.001kg
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9780199297320


ISBN 10:   0199297320
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   17 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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1: Robert E. Cole and D. Hugh Whittaker: Introduction Part 1: Industries, Technologies and Value Chains 2: Robert E. Cole: The Telecommunication Industry: A Turnaround in Japan's Global Presence 3: Timothy Sturgeon: Modular Production's Impact on Japan's Electronics Industry 4: Takashi Yunogami: Technology Management and Competitiveness of the Japanese Semiconductor Industry 5: Jocelyn Probert: Global Value Chains in the Pharmaceutical Industry 6: Robert E. Cole: Software's Hidden Challenges Part 2: MOT In and Between Enterprises 7: Henry Chesbrough: The Open Innovation Model: Implications for Innovation in Japan 8: Clair Brown: Managing Creativity and Control of Knowledge Workers 9: Eiichi Yamaguchi: Rethinking Innovation 10: Philippe Byosiere: Realizing Creative Innovation Through R&D in Japan 11: D. Hugh Whittaker: Hitachi's Nascent 'New Production(ist)' System 12: James Lincoln: Interfirm Networks and the Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan Part 3: Transforming Japan's Innovation System 13: Tateo Arimoto: Innovation Policy for Japan as a Front Runner 14: Yuzo Murayama: Security and Techno-Systems: A Comparative Analysis 15: Atsushi Kaneko, Yoshi-fumi Nakata and Muneaki Yokoyama: Human Resources and Technology Management in Japanese Corporations 16: Toshiro Kita: Electronic Government in Japan: Towards Harmony Between Technology Solutions and Administrative Systems 17: D. Hugh Whittaker, Robert E. Cole: Conclusion

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Robert E. Cole served as Co-Director of the Management of Technology Program at the Haas School of Business from 1997-2006. He is a long term student of Japanese work organization, the auto industry and the Japanese quality movement and has published widely on these topics over the last 35 years. Most recently, he has been working in the hitech arena. Prior to moving to UC Berkeley in 1991, he was Professor of Sociology and Business Administration at the University of Michigan for 24 years. D. Hugh Whittaker gained his Ph.D from Imperial College, London, and taught at Cambridge University for twelve years before moving to Doshisha University in 2002 as a founding faculty member of Doshisha Business School. He helped to establish and is currently director of the Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness (ITEC) at Doshisha University, designated a Centre of Excellence by Japan's Ministry of Education in 2003. He is author of numerous books and articles on Japanese and comparative industry and management, including Small Firms in the Japanese Economy (Cambridge University Press, 1997), and with T. Inagami, The New Community Firm: Employment, Governance and Management Reform in Japan (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

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