Recovering from success : innovation and technology management in Japan / edited by D. Hugh Whittaker, Robert E. Cole.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Robert E. Cole and D. Hugh Whittaker -- The telecommunication industry : a turnaround in Japan's global presence / Robert E. Cole -- Modular production's impact on Japan's electronics industry / Timothy J. Sturgeon -- Technology management and competitiveness in the Japanese semiconductor industry / Takashi Yunogami -- Global value chains in the pharmaceutical industry / Jocelyn Probert -- Software's hidden challenges / Robert E. Cole -- The open innovation model : implications for innovation in Japan / Henry W. Chesbrough -- Managing creativity and control of knowledge workers / Clair Brown -- Rethinking innovation / Eiichi Yamaguchi -- 'Microbursts' of knowledge and creative work in Japan / Philippe Byosiere -- Hitachi's nascent 'new production(ist)' system / D. H. Whittaker -- Interfirm networks and the management of technology and innovation in Japan / James R. Lincoln -- Innovation policy for Japan in a new era / Tateo Arimoto -- Security and techno-systems : a comparative analysis / Yuzo Mur̦ayama -- Technology management training in Japan : government initiatives and their effects / Atsushi Kaneko, Yoshi-fumi Nakata and Muneaki Yokoyama -- Electronic government in Japan : towards harmony between technology solutions and administrative systems / Toshiro Kita -- Conclusions and reflections : emergent models / D. Hugh Whittaker and Robert E. Cole.