Innovation in East Asia: The Challenge to Japan

by Michael Hobday

Book Overview

Innovation in East Asia is the first book to show how 'latecomer' firms from Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore have caught up technologically with Japan and learned to innovate. Mike Hobday examines the technology acquisition strategies of these firms, their strengths and weaknesses, and the origin and extent of latecomer innovation in the region. A series of detailed case studies is used to show how individual companies developed and how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185898601X
• ISBN13: 9781858986012
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 50.0" x 25.0"