Growing a Japanese Science City
Growing a Japanese Science City

Author: James W. Dearing

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1134892748

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Tsukuba Science City is the world's most ambitious attempt to `turbocharge' scientific collaboration. James W. Dearing looks at the political and economic context within which the plans for Tsukuba were laid, how those plans changed during the process of implementation, and at the functioning of Tsukuba today. Tsukuba is vitally important to Japan's basic scientific research . Its history, its failures and successes need to be understood by governments and businesses planning for scientific research and economic growth.

The Race to Commercialize Biotechnology
The Race to Commercialize Biotechnology

Author: Steven Collins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-07-31

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1134456085

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This comparative study looks at the early development of biotechnology in the US and Japan. Drawing on primary and secondary sources it traces the historical roots of recombinant DNA technology, discusses the tensions between regulation and promotional policies and identifies the major actors and strategies that launched biotechnology in both countries. Developing several strands of theory in economic history, science and technology policy, the book proposes a simple model that relates the differences in the two countries' responses to variations in the availability of institutional, financial and organizational resources needed to commercialize the new technology.