Synopses & Reviews
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 book examines the challenges faced by Japanese companies through emulation by foreign competitors, and the emergence of new competitive models linked to open innovation and modular production.
About the Author
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).
Table of Contents
1. Introduction,
Robert E. Cole and D. Hugh WhittakerPart 1: Industries, Technologies and Value Chains
2. The Telecommunication Industry: A Turnaround in Japan's Global Presence, Robert E. Cole
3. Modular Production's Impact on Japan's Electronics Industry, Timothy Sturgeon
4. Technology Management and Competitiveness of the Japanese Semiconductor Industry, Takashi Yunogami
5. Global Value Chains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Jocelyn Probert
6. Software's Hidden Challenges, Robert E. Cole
Part 2: MOT In and Between Enterprises
7. The Open Innovation Model: Implications for Innovation in Japan, Henry Chesbrough
8. Managing Creativity and Control of Knowledge Workers, Clair Brown
9. Rethinking Innovation, Eiichi Yamaguchi
10. Realizing Creative Innovation Through R&D in Japan, Philippe Byosiere
11. Hitachi's Nascent 'New Production(ist)' System, D. Hugh Whittaker
12. Interfirm Networks and the Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan, James Lincoln
Part 3: Transforming Japan's Innovation System
13. Innovation Policy for Japan as a Front Runner, Tateo Arimoto
14. Security and Techno-Systems: A Comparative Analysis, Yuzo Murayama
15. Human Resources and Technology Management in Japanese Corporations, Atsushi Kaneko, Yoshi-fumi Nakata and Muneaki Yokoyama
16. Electronic Government in Japan: Towards Harmony Between Technology Solutions and Administrative Systems, Toshiro Kita
17. Conclusion, D. Hugh Whittaker, Robert E. Cole