Structural Changes in the Japanese Technology and Innovation Sysem in the 90s

June 7 - July 10, 1996

Japan verzeichnet seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg eine dynamische Wirtschaftsentwicklung und hat in seiner ökonomischen Leistungskraft inzwischen mit den westlichen Industrienationen gleichgezogen. Eine Triebfeder dieses Wachstums war der technische Fortschritt. Japan ist es gelungen, die technologische Lücke zu schließen.

Im Juni und Juli 1996 organisierte der Arbeitskreis “Forschung und Technologie” eine Serie von Workshops, in denen verschiedene diesbezügliche Fragestellungen diskutiert wurden. Ein Hauptziel lag darin, japanische und nicht-japanische Experten aus verschiedenen Institutionen zusammenzuführen um einen umfangreichen Informations- und Meinungsaustauch zu ermöglichen.

Presentations

Session I: June 7, 1996

Organization of Innovationin Japanese Basic Research

Ken Kusunoki, Hitotsubashi University

Restructuring of Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology R&D in Japan: Companies' National Consortium and the Future of Government's R&D Project

Koki Inoue, Kikai Shinkō Kyōkai Economic Research Institute

Japanese Space Technology and Space Business in the 1990s

Robert Horres

German Institute for Japanese Studies

Session II: June 14, 1996

Restructuring of Basic, Applied, and Development Research: Changes in the Allocation of R&D

Tomohiro Ijichi and Akira Gotō, National Institute for Science and Technology Policy NISTEP

MITI's Orchestration of Cooperative Research to develop Japan's Computer Industry: A Case Study in Western Misunderstanding of Japanese Government Policy

Tim Ray, Riken

Reorganization of R&D in Japanese Industrial Companies

Martin Hemmert

German Institute for Japanese Studies

Session III: Juni 21, 1996

The Interaction between Technology and Economy: National Strategies for Constrained Economic Environments

Chihiro Watanabe, Tokyo Institute of Technology

The Japanese Research and Development Activities in Advances Materials

Michael Becht, Superconductivity Research Laboratory ISTEC

Gene-Therapy in Japan: Will Sequencing Save Japan's Pharmaceutical Industry

Christian Oberländer

German Institute for Japanese Studies

Session IV: June 28, 1996

Higher Education System in Japan from the Persepctive of R&D

Shin’ichi Yamamoto, Tsukuba University

The Japanese Science and Technology System and Multimedia

Tasuku Noguchi, Nihon University

The Contribution and Channels of Inter-Industry R&D Spillovers: An Estimation for Japanese High-Tech Industries

Hiroyuki Odagiri, Tsukuba University

NTT's R&D and the Japanese Telecommunication Industry

Edzard Janssen

German Institute for Japanese Studies

Session V: July 10, 1996

Emerging Cooperative Mechanisms in Japanese Science and Technology

Brendan Barker, NISTEP

Nano-Technology in Japan

Tanya Sienko, NISTEP