As the Japanese economy languished in the 1990s Japanese government officials,
business executives, and opinion leaders concluded that their economic model had gone …

Current debates on the policy orientation of Schumpeterian theorizing tend to highlight
industrial policy as a controversial matter that is associated with government intervention in …

La ciudad de San Carlos de Bariloche se encuentra localizada en la provincia de Río Negro
en la región andino-patagónica de la Argentina. Con sus aproximadamente 110.000 …

This essay analyses the relative strengths and weaknesses of the national innovation
systems (NIS) in the United States and Japan in supporting sustained new business …

The analytical framework presented in this paper addresses the transitory character of the
East Asian developmental states. It argues that the specific governance pattern of an …

Why is it that Kyoto, ancient cultural capital of Japan, a conservative and traditional place in
many ways, manages to produce Japan's most innovative (and profitable) high technology …

What causes regions such as Kyoto (city and prefecture) to create a self-sustaining critical
mass, or cluster, of new venture start-ups in emerging sectors? Can this success in …

Is neoliberalization the best way to characterize current trends in urban and regional policy
in Japan? This paper addresses that question through an examination of Japan's industry …

Cluster policies aim to activate and sustain the competitive interaction of firms in local and
regional business agglomerations. Policy instruments tend to augment market forces by …

Japan and the East Asian 'dragon economies' Korea, Taiwan and Singapore have been
subject to a historically unique process of catching up with the Western economies. The …