This book provides a detailed description of Japan’s telecommunications policies. It discusses how Japan has addressed …, to the latest tasks, including the promotion of cutting-edge technologies. Japan is a global leader in information and … Affairs and Communications (MIC) has played an important role in ICT deployment. Japan has a unique ICT policy framework that …

In this paper we compare sources of economic growth in Japan and the United States from 1975 through 2003, focusing on … contribution of total factor productivity growth from the IT sector in Japan also increased, while the contributions of labor input … growth in Japan from for the next decade is substantially below that in the United States, mainly due to slower growth of …

in-depth knowledge of Japan Patent Office experts, as well of experts from the Intellectual Property (IP) Offices …

Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship played a critical role in transforming Japan’s telecommunications sector. Between … transformation of Japan’s telecommunications sector was dramatic, providing consumers with not only fast and sophisticated services … but also low prices and an entire new ecosystem of mobile content — a considerable departure from Japan’s long track …

-- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The ICT-Based Services Offshoring of Japanese Firms and East Asia -- 2.2.1 Japan´s ICT Industry … and Services Offshoring -- 2.2.2 Services Offshoring of Japan´s ICT Firms and Its Restructuring …2.2.3 The Different Types of ICT-Based Services -- 2.3 ICT-Based Services Offshoring of Japan´s User Firms -- 2 …