In this paper we compare sources of economic growth in Japan and the United States from 1975 through 2003, focusing on the role of information technology (IT). We have adjusted Japanese data to conform to U.S. definitions in order to provide a rigorous comparison between the two economies. The...

This paper consists of two parts. First, constant-price Japan-US intercountry input-output (IO) tables are compiled, based on Japan-US IO tables of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) for 1985 and 1990, and the relative producer prices of both countries, which are estimated...

In this paper, multinationals’ motivations for R&D in China are compared across firms’ home countries. It is found that five types of companies (Europe, Japan, the other Asia, US and THKM owned) can be grouped into two. Europe, Japan and the other Asia for production/ market driven R&D, but...

pTo help further develop and expand the national economy as well as to ensure the interests of consumers in general, a competition policy is needed that promotes free and fair competition to encourage the business activities of firms. In particular, many early studies demonstrate that market...

This paper investigates the R&D motivations of various multinationals operating in China, drawing on a large-scale, firm-level dataset of official Chinese statistics on science and technology activities. The present study shows that R&D efforts in China have intensified for both foreign-owned...

This paper presents the first exploration of survey data of innovation strategy and performance of over 10,000 Japanese manufacturers. Although the importance of technological activities among various kinds of firms' strategic variables is generally agreed in Japan, empirical studies of them are...