Inventive payoff from R&D in Japanese industry: convergence with the West

Author

Azumi, Koya ; Hull, Frank

Author_Institution

Int. Christian Univ., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

37

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

9

Abstract

An attempt is made to determine if investment in R&D and the hiring of college-educated employees result in a higher rate of inventions. The relationship between the input of R&D and inventive output is studied in two samples of Japanese factories, 34 in 1982 and 44 in 1970. These results are compared with findings in a parallel American study. The correlations between R&D and inventive output are similar in Japan and America in the 1980s, despite some differences in the management of innovation in the two nations. Moreover, the most Westernized subsample of Japanese firms in the 1970s had correlations between R&D and invention similar to those observed in the American study. Thus, it is concluded that some degree of convergence may be taking place in R&D management strategies in the two nations

Keywords

research and development management; Japanese industry; development; management; research; Convergence; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Industrial relations; Investments; Production facilities; Research and development; Research and development management; Technology management; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9391

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/17.45259

Filename

45259