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This book contains a concise critical survey of economic theories of the firm leading into an exposition of how real firms function in the real world when knowledge cannot be complete or unambiguous. It explores how a firm's decision-makers process information to construct a vision as a basis for future action. This is related to a number of computer and communications firms in Japan and the West, and to the future of Japanese technological innovation in an increasingly globalized world. - ;Computers, telecommunications equipment, semiconductorsthe products and technologies of the information and communications industry (IC)have transformed our world. Most of these products were initially developed in Western countries, but by the early 1990s some of the world's largest companies in the field were Japanese. This book explains the resurgence of Japan's IC giants, their global status, and their strengths and weaknesses. Empirical scrutiny of their evolution is complemented by the author's own theory of the most appropriate mehtod for studying the dynamics of industrial change. The author argues that in order to understand the evolution of IC companies and industries, it is necessary

Who reads Visions of Innovation: The Firm and Japan (Japan Business and Economics Series)?

Author

Martin Fransman; Oxford University Press

Publisher

Clarendon Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191521782

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Management, Business, Economics