Japan's Technology Policy and the United States

Issue title: The Role of Government in Competitive Economies

Guest editors: Evangelos S. DjimopoulosGuest Editor and Youn-Suk KimGuest Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kim, Youn-Suk

Affiliations: Department of Economics and Finance, Kean College of New Jersey, School of Business, Government and Technology, Union, NJ 07083, USA

Abstract: The complexity and the dynamic nature of technology relations between Japan and the United States have been complicated as the industrial weakness of the United States has been exposed by its massive, continuing trade deficits. Throughout the postwar years, the Japanese government has been active in establishing an industrial policy by absorbing imported technology into its thriving industrialization. This served Japanese educational system well as a supplier of a highly skilled labor force for its industries.

Keywords: Product cycle, flying geese paradigm, technology frontier, improvement engineering, human capital, product standardization, process innovation

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1994-13206

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 129-137, 1994