Technology and Industrial Growth in Pre-War Japan: The Mitsubishi-Nagasaki Shipyard 1884-1934 (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies) - Hardcover

Fukasaku, Yukiko

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415065526 ISBN 13: 9780415065528

Publisher: Routledge, 1992

Synopsis

Technology and Industrial Growth in Pre-war Japan Credits Japan's industrial success to innovation and training, looking at the pre-War period and in depth at the Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard. The book has implications for industrial development worldwide.

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Review:

..."this book makes important contributions to ongoing controversies in business history."
-"Journal of Japanese Studies

Synopsis:

This book aims to discredit the myth that has the unique cultural traits' of the Japanese as the key to the country's success, arguing that the more realisable foundation of long-term investment in training and research is responsible. The book looks at the development of Japan in the pre-War period. Yukiko Fukusaku sees the achievements of this period as central to the present competitiveness of the country's industrial technology. She uses the Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard as a case study, looking at technological innovation and training as the keys to long-term stability and economic success. The book has implications for industrial development worldwide. Japan's starting point over a century ago was similar to the present conditions of many developing countries and the book's emphasis on the acquisition of better skills as a key to development is as relevant to Europe and America as it is to the Third World.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0415065526
• ISBN 13: 9780415065528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208