Innovation in Japan

Technological importation in Japan / Ryuhei Wakasugi -- Diffusion of thesystemic approach in Japan : guage and industrial standards / Yasunori Baba, Shoichi Kuroda, and Hiroshi Yoshiki -- The dynamic aspect of product development capabilities : an international comparison in the automobile industry / Takahiro Fujimoto -- Production technology and productivity growth in the Japanese electrical machinery industry / Kazuyuki Suzuki -- Technological innovation and competition in the Japanese semiconductor industry / Yui Kimura -- The innovation process in the Japanese steel industry / Seiichiro Yonekura --Intrafirm transfers ofengineers in Japan / Ken Kusunoki and Tsuyoshi Numagami -- Overseas R&D activities of Japanese firms / Hiroyuki Odagiri and Hideto Yasuda -- The patent system and R&D in Japan / Yosuke Okada and Shigeru Asaba -- Co-operative research in Japanese manufacturing industries / Akira Goto -- Technological progress in Japanese environmental problems / Tsutomu Miyagawa -- The role of the Japanese