Culture and technology in modern Japan
By: edited by Ian Inkster and Fumihiko Satofuka.
Contributors: Inkster, Ian.; Satofuka, Fumihiko, 1942-
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; In the U.S. and Canada distributed by St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Technology -- Social aspects -- Japan.; Technology and civilization.; Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Japan.
Description: "The rise of Japan as an economic superpower is a remarkable episode in the history of the modern world. This book seeks to explain this phenomenal success by looking at the issues of culture and technology, and making comparison with the experience of the USA, the UK, and Europe as a whole. The relationship between culture and technology lies at the heart of the undoubted market success of Japan, and the development of high technology and the much-lauded "cultural" attributes of Japan have contributed powerfully to national success. These vital issues are examined in detail and include, for example, the relationship between company "culture" and "structure", and the overriding impact of Japanese "national" culture. National cultures in Japan and the West are compared with the consequent effect on entrepreneurial and technological progress."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.