Japan, Moving Toward a More Advanced Knowledge Economy : Volume 2. Advanced Knowledge-Creating Companies

These two volumes analyze Japan from the Knowledge Economy perspective, covering a wide range of sector issues in development including the macro economic framework, education and skills training, the national innovation system, science and technol...

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Main Authors: Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Shibata, Tsutomu
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7046177/japan-moving-toward-more-advanced-knowledge-economy-vol-2-2-advanced-knowledge-creating-companies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7082
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Summary:These two volumes analyze Japan from the Knowledge Economy perspective, covering a wide range of sector issues in development including the macro economic framework, education and skills training, the national innovation system, science and technology, information and communication technology, and infrastructure. While Volume 1 explores the four pillars of the "Knowledge for Development" framework, the second volume presents up-to-date case studies of outstanding Japanese private companies that each characterize different aspects of the Knowledge Economy.