Dynamics of Knowledge, Corporate Systems and Innovation
The theme of the book exactly matches the title: the dynamics of knowledge, the corporate system and innovation. Knowledge is created and accumulated in the corporate system, which seeks to utilize it to introduce innovation to the market and society. Cor
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Hiroyuki Itami · Ken Kusunoki · Tsuyoshi Numagami · Akira Takeishi Editors
Dynamics of Knowledge, Corporate Systems and Innovation
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Editors Prof. Hiroyuki Itami Tokyo University of Science Graduate School of Management of Science & Technology 2-11-3 Fujimi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8152 Japan [email protected] Prof. Tsuyoshi Numagami Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Commerce and Management 2-1 Naka Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601 Japan [email protected]
Prof. Ken Kusunoki Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8439 Japan [email protected] Prof. Akira Takeishi Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics Yoshida-Honmachi Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-04479-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-04480-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-04480-9 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009938704 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Snow fell quietly the night before and the morning sun was shining brightly under the blue sky the next day. Looking out to the snow-white garden from a large window, Sid Winter, one of the contributors to this book, was beaming with smile. It was such a nice and calm morning in the middle of December at a summer resort hotel one hour from Tokyo. That morning, he was going to present the last paper to our conference and to everyone’s surprise, in the very same morning a praising book review of the Japanese translation of his famous book appeared in the major economic journal in Japan. Everyone congratulated him for the coincidence and it was such a happy ending to the three-day conference. The atmosphere of the conference, out of which this book grew, was very stimulating and cordial at the same time. Without picking on the minor defects of the presented papers, every participant was trying to contribute by probing the issues presented deeper and trying suggestions to make the papers better. Among others, Bruce Kogut was responding fo
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