The standard view of U.S. technological history is that the locus of invention shifted during the early twentieth century to large firms whose in-house research laboratories were superior sites for advancing the complex technologies of the second industrial revolution. In recent years this view...

The standard view of U.S. technological history is that the locus of invention shifted during the early twentieth century to large firms whose in-house research laboratories were superior sites for advancing the complex technologies of the second industrial revolution. In recent years this view...

The Japanese government in 1995 initiated a publicpolicy that sought to support innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) inJapan. This law was amended in 1999, with a clear mission to support SMEs forgreater economic viability. This law provides for innovative SMEs to receivefinancial...