The co-evolution of international business connections and domestic technological capabilities: Lessons from the Japanese catch-up experience / Sanjaya Lall, John Cantwell and Yanli Zhang.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Lall, Sanjaya, 1940-2005, author.

Contributor:

Cantwell, John.

Zhang, Yanli.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Trade and Finance.

Japan.

Local Subjects:

International Trade and Finance.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (32 pages)

Contained In:

Transnational Corporations Vol. 18, no. 2, p. 37-68 18:2<37 2076-099X

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

We undertake an examination of the technological catch-up experiences of the leading Japanese industrial firms in the twentieth century, based on both qualitative and quantitative historical evidence. We argue that the international business connections of Japanese firms had a strong influence on the industrial composition of the catch-up of their technological capabilities, and that in turn that catch-up has led to a change in the nature and form of their international business connections. We speculate on some similarities and differences with the current catchup of firms in emerging market economies.

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