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Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan
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When this study was requested and conceived, Japan was enjoying considerable success in high technology. Based largely on superior performance in manufacturing quality, marketing, and product development, Japanese companies gained global market share throughout the 1980s in manufacturing and technology-intensive industries such as automobiles, consumer and industrial electronics, advanced machinery, and important areas of advanced materials. Japanese industries established dominant positions in critical component and equipment areas such as dynamic random access memories, liquid crystal displays, and photolithography. Leveraging this strong competitive position, Japanese firms moved aggressively to increase their ties to U.S. science and technology through investments in high-technology companies and support for U.S. university research. In fields where Japan was behind, a range of targeted government-industry programs had been launched to close the gap. Even in military and aerospace technologies, areas where Japan had been considered relatively weak, Japanese industry had diffused know-how acquired through military programs to gain important footholds in certain high-technology commercial sectors such as aircraft and space. The FS-X fighter codevelopment project symbolized Japan's ambition to ascend to the world's top tier in all key technology areas.
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS - Organizational Body
0-309-59106-6
NONE
Business Policy and Strategy
English
1997
1-149
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