Industries, technologies, and value chains. 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 -- MOT in and between enterprises. 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 -- Transforming Japan's innovation system. Innovation policy for Japan in a new era / Tateo Arimoto ; Security and techno-systems : a comparative analysis / Yuzo Murayama ; 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.
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How did Japan fall from challenger to US hegemonic leadership in the high tech industries in the 1980s, to stumbling giant by the turn of the century? This work examines the challenges faced by Japanese companies through emulation by foreign competitors, and the emergence of new competitive models.