Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan: Politics, Organizations, and High Technology Firms (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521125390)

Japan's innovators and entrepreneurs have survived recession in the 1990s to prosper in today's competitive business environment. This volume explores the struggles of entrepreneurs and civic-minded local leaders in fostering innovative activity, and identifies key business lessons for an economy in need of dynamic change. Ibata-Arens offers in-depth analysis of strategy in firms, communities and in local government. The book examines detailed case studies of high-technology manufacturers in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo, as well as bio-tech clusters in America--demonstrating far-reaching innovation and competition effects in national institutions

Author: Kathryn Ibata-Arens
ISBN-10: 0521125391
ISBN-13: 9780521125390
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/17/2009
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d