Title: Innovation Japanese style
First published: 1995
Description: Japan has major problems to address if it wishes to remain an economic superstar in the 21st century. Can Japan continue to grow as an economic superpower now that it has caught up with the technological frontier by borrowing technology? Herbig explores the Japanese and American cultures, business practices, and government behavior in order to determine an optimum combination.

After examining historical evidence of Japan's creativity, Herbig provides fresh insight into Japanese innovative strengths and weaknesses, and analyzes Japanese product development strategies and target costing. A comparison between U.S. and Japanese innovation processes shows how American thinking focuses excessively upon the earliest stages of the process. It also shows the advantages of imitation and application, as well as the risks involved in being a follower, even one as good as Japan.

International managers and CEOs, business scholars and graduate students will find Herbig's insights into future scenarios for both Japan and America very valuable.
Subjects: Organizational change, Japanese National characteristics, National characteristics, Japanese, Industrial Research, Civilization, Economic conditions, Research, Industrial, Technological innovations, Conditions economiques, Technische vernieuwing, Japonais, Civilisation, Changement organisationnel, Produktinnovation, Organisatieverandering, Innovations, Research and Development, Recherche industrielle, Technischer Fortschritt, Economic history, Japan, civilization, Japan, history, Popular culture, japan, Japan, economic policy
Places: Japan
Time periods: 1945-, 20th century
LC classification: HC465.T4 H47 1995