Japanese technology and innovation management

Author: Sigvald Harryson
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Innovative Series. This book is a significant work by Professor Sigvald Harryson of Lund University in Sweden. The book consists of 8 chapters. Through extensive and in-depth interviews conducted by the author during his time in Japan with three major companies—Sony, Canon, and Toyota—on new product development and technology management, the author applies management theory to study Japan's successful secrets. It points out that the key to improving innovation efficiency lies in how enterprises resolve the dilemmas of technology and organization in innovation management. As one of the few Eastern countries that have reached the industrial development level of Western nations, Japan's rise has shaken the world. Over the past 40 years, Japan has achieved success in many fields, though it has also experienced periods of decline. Today, Japan's economic recovery has once again breathed new life into this book. How to manage innovation and technology? How to enhance innovation capabilities? The lessons from several key innovation cases introduced in the book are highly valuable for Chinese enterprises to learn from and adapt. This book is suitable for government departments, managers at all levels of enterprises, researchers and scholars from various countries in the fields of R&D and innovation, as well as graduate students studying technology and innovation.