Part 1 Big Tree with Thick Trunk and its Fruits -- 1 Research Aim and Framework -- 2 Theoretical Background: General Purpose Technology, Pattern of Innovation, and Spin-out -- 3 Data -- 4 Technological Characteristics of Laser and Laser Diode -- Part 2 R&D and Market Competition of Laser Diodes...

This book discusses the ways in which characteristics of innovative firms and innovative talents with core competence in Japanese, Korean, German, and American contexts are developed and nurtured, and compares innovative firms with a long history of business operations from these four countries....

The book aims to explore the regional innovation capability of China, especially how the frontier regions of China (Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Tianjin) transform themselves from an investment-driven economy into an innovation-driven one. With detailed case, data and...

The Philosophy of Paradigm Change in the History of Social Evolution -- Paradigm Changes in Technological Knowledge Connections in Urban Innovation Systems -- International Standardization of the New Technology Paradigm: A Strategy for Royalty-Free Intellectual Property -- New roles for Japanese...

Country origin of FDI in India manufacturing and its impact on productivity spillover -- Knowledge spillover mechanisms -- Implications of International harmonization of IPR on growth, TFP and welfare -- Determinants of R&D Behavior of Foreign Firms in India -- Foreign Direct Investments and...

Chapter 1: Introduction to innovation activities -- Chapter 2: The role of SME’s in innovation activities -- Chapter 3: Overview of innovation activities in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 4: From Linear model to Chain Linked model of innovation in reaching firm characteristics that facilitate and...

Rise of Manufacturing Nation -- Industrialization Process of 40 Years -- The development of China’s Manufacturing -- Opportunities and Challenges of China’s Manufacturing -- Resolving Overcapacity -- Technological Innovation in Manufacturing Industry -- Intelligent Manufacturing -- Green...

Chapter 1. Innovation and Commercialisation in Small Firms -- Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations of the Book -- Chapter 3. The Decision to Innovate -- Chapter 4. Screening Opportunities -- Chapter 5. The Business Model and Innovation Strategy -- Chapter 6. Managing Uncertainty -- Chapter 7....

Part I The Rise of South Korea’s Auto Industry: Beginnings to 1996 -- 1 Introduction and Overview: The Rise of the Korean Auto Industry -- 2 The State and Development in South Korea: From Yi to Early-Park -- 3 Park’s Engineering of a South Korean Auto Industry: Beginnings to 1979 -- 4 The...

Section 1: Fandom and Youth -- Chapter 1 Looking at Fan Identity: The Bangladeshi K-pop Fan -- Chapter 2 Korean Dramas in India - Viewership, Aspirations and Consumerism: A Reception Study among Indian Youngsters -- Chapter 3 Youth and popular culture: Korean Wave in India’s North East --...