1st Edition
Business Innovation in Asia Knowledge and Technology Networks from Japan
By Dennis McNamara
Copyright 2009
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Industrial competition with rising economies, new regional investment from the West, and trade pacts among competitors threaten Japan’s long postwar prominence. Global market dynamics and regional competition prompted the shift from offshore factories to local networks in the last decade. Similar forces are driving the recent formation of regional Nikkei - Japan-affiliated - nodes in major... Read more
1. Business, Knowledge, and Networks 2. Insulation versus Regional Integration 3. Commerce and the East Asian Community 4. National Interest versus Regional Innovation 5. Electronics Sector: Global Modules and Local Minds 6. Automotive Sector: Global Models and Local Minds 7. Textiles and Fashion: Global Designs and Local Minds 8. Mapping Knowledge Networks
Biography
Dennis McNamara is the Park Professor of Sociology and Korean Studies, and Special Assistant to the University President for China Affairs.
