Cooperation, Technology, And Japanese Development

Donna L. Doane teaches in the Department of Economics at State University of New York at Cortland.

• Preface -- The Background of Inter-Enterprise Cooperative Ties in Japan -- The Use of Inter-Enterprise Ties in the Development of the Computer and Telecommunications Industry in Japan -- Cooperation Between Firms in the Same Industry: Case Studies Involving Applied Research -- Cooperation Between Firms in the Same Industry: Case Studies Involving Relatively Basic (or “Fundamental”) Research -- Cooperation Between Firms in Different Industries for Purposes of Innovation, and Comparisons with Intra-Industry Research -- Possible Implications for Other Late Developing Countries -- Appendix