The Market and Beyond: Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology

by Martin Fransman

Overview

Many have described the Japanese competitive success in information technology; very few have explained it. In this book Martin Fransman advances our understanding by developing the concept of the Japanese Innovation System—an arrangement consisting of competing and cooperating private companies, government policy-makers and researchers, and universities. It will be of interest to all teachers, students and policy makers interested in technological competition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521435253
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/25/1993
Series:	Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. A periodisation of the development of the computer and electronic devices industry in Japan, 1948–1979; 3. The ULSI research project, 1976–80; 4. The optical measurement and control system project, 1979–85; 5. The high speed computing system for scientific and technological uses project (the supercomputer project), 1981–89; 6. The future electronic devices project, 1981–1990; 7. The fifth generation computer project, 1982–1991; 8. Cooperation and competition in the Japanese computing and electronic devices industry: a quantitative analysis; 9. Conclusions and theoretical implications; Appendices; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...the book contains an important message for those who believe that the west can borrow from Japan's experience with collaboration." Financial Times

"...should be compulsory reading for Members of Parliament." The Guardian

"Dr. Fransman's...research is remarkably detailed and thorough with no comparable Japanese studies....This is a very important study." Masanori Moritani

"Because there has been so much rather superficial and ill-informed comment on the [Japanese cooperative] programmes...it is most welcome to find a study by someone who has immersed himself in the Japanese industrial and research scene....It is a detailed and closely argued book....there will be no excuse in the future for any misunderstanding about the limitations of market forces when trying to generate a successful high technology industry." Brian Oakley, The Computer Bulletin

"Fransman's analysis shows just how complex the Japanese system is. He also shows how cautious Japanese firms have been in entering into cooperative research agreements. In fact, competitive market incentives have reigned supreme except where government has created a non-threatening environment for information sharing and transfer. Policymakers and industrialists will do well to heed these insights. Effective collaboration is not only enormously difficult to achieve, it also requires a healthy competitive environment in which to thrive." Journal of Economic Issues

"Martin Fransman has written a valuable book. This book should be important to, and studied and heeded by anyone with an interest or stake in the information technology field." American Journal of Economics and Sociology

"...these are interesting and important ideas and the book should interest academics, managers, and policy-makers concerned with cooperative R&D in Japan or in general..." Michael A. Cusumano, Science

"It is my greatest pleasure to introduce a major contribution in this field. This is the most well-researched and balanced book to have appeared so far on the Japanese electronics industry and what the author calls the Japanese Technology-Creating System....this book is the most insightful and solid scholarly work....I earnestly recommend it not only to my colleagues who are interested in Japanese industry and technology but also to those who are interested in the industry and technology of their respective countries as well as to those who study technological progress and economic development." Akira Goto, Journal of Economic Literature

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