Competition, Innovation, and Growth in Japan

This book addresses three important concepts in the economy—competition, innovation, and growth—using various cases and available data in Japan and other countries. First, the authors discuss competition, including global competition, to provide a better understanding of competition policy in Japan. Then, the authors examine the effects of human capital and alliance on innovation while providing new innovation indicators. Moreover, the authors examine growth from the perspective of corporate strategy such as acquisition, including international comparison. The interplay of competition, innovation, and growth has been prevalent in Japan, and it still acts as a catalyst for stimulating the stagnant economy. A better understanding of competition, innovation, and growth provides the tools to reinvigorate the stagnant economy in Japan and to reinforce the economy in other countries where the period of rapid growth has ended.

Yuji Honjo (Chapters 1 and 8)

Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University

His publications have appeared in Research Policy, Small Business Economics, and other journals.

Hiroyuki Odagiri (Chapter 2)

Professor (emeritus), Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

He was the Commissioner of the Japan Fair Trade Commission and is now its Special Advisor. He has written numerous books and journal papers: The Theory of Growth in a Corporate Economy (Cambridge University Press, 1981), Growth through Competition, Competition through Growth (Oxford University Press, 1992), Technology and Industrial Development in Japan (Oxford University Press, 1996, co-authored with A. Goto), and Intellectual Property Rights, Development, and Catch-Up (Oxford University Press, 2010, co-edited with A. Goto, A. Sunami, and R. R. Nelson), to mention just some.

Masato Nishiwaki (Chapter 3)

Associate Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University

His publications have appeared in the RAND Journal of Economics, the Journal of Industrial Economics, and others.

Masatoshi Kato (Chapter 4)

Associate Professor, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University

His publications have appeared in Industrial and Corporate Change, Research Policy, and other scholarly journals.

Kenta Ikeuchi (Chapter 5)

Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

His publications have appeared in Telecommunications Policy and theSeoul Journal of Economics, among others.

Shoko Haneda (Chapter 6)

Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University

Her publications have appeared in Research Policy, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, and other journals.

Associate Professor, Association of International Arts and Science Institute of Humanity and Social Science, Yokohama City University

Her publications have appeared in Research Policy and Economics of Innovation and New Technology, among others.

Hyeog Ug Kwon (Chapter 9)

Professor, College of Economics, Nihon University

His publications have appeared in the Review of Economic Dynamics, the Japanese Economic Review, and others.

Takuji Saito (Chapter 10)

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University

His publications have appeared in the Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, the Pacific Basin Finance Journal, and other scholarly journals.

Keiko Ito (Chapter 11)

Professor, School of Economics, Senshu University

Her publications have appeared in the Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, the Review of World Economics, and others.

Hsiao-Chien Tsui (Chapter 12)

Professor, Department of Economics, National Chung Cheng University

Her publications have appeared in the Journal of Policy Modeling, Journal of Economic Psychology, and other journals.