Since the beginning of the 1990s, one can observe a clear shift in the aims of regional policy
in industrialized countries from reducing regional inequalities to developing endogenous …

This paper discusses the problems of local industrial displacement by new apartment
buildings in a high-density mixed residential and factory zone. Conceptually, we develop a …

[EN] The paper discusses the concept of Kaizen, a Japanese philosophy of continuous
improvement, and highlights its historical significance and widespread adoption in various …

Public funds play an important role in promoting innovation in high-tech industries. Using a
dataset on China's high-tech industries, this paper seeks to pay attention not only to the …

Science, technology and innovation (STI) policies increasingly operate in a multilevel policy
governance structure. This paper analyzes the variety of local authorities' innovation support …

Japan's innovators and entrepreneurs are a real success story against the odds, surviving
recession in the 1990s to prosper in today's competitive business environment. Innovation …

Pacific Asia has looked to direct foreign investment (DFI) to achieve economic growth and
technological catch‐up, and Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) have responded …

Over the last quarter of a century the Canadian economy experienced a series of profound
changes which have affected every level of society. They include new forms of flexible …

The English‐language scholarship generally describes Japan as a centralized
developmental state. However, while “developmentalism” does describe Japan's strategic …

This article compares the relationship between national embeddedness and metropolitan
development in the Detroit and Nagoya auto regions. Based upon literature, descriptive data …