The Co-Evolution of International Business Connections and Domestic Technological Capabilities: Lessons from the Japanese Catch-Up Experience

Authors

John Cantwell, Rutgers Business School
Yanli Zhang, Montclair State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2009

Journal / Book Title

Transnational Corporations

Abstract

We undertake an examination of the technological catch-up experiences of the leading Japanese industrial firms in the twentieth century, based on both qualitative and quantitative historical evidence. We argue that the international business connections of Japanese firms had a strong influence on the industrial composition of the catch-up of their technological capabilities, and that in turn that catch-up has led to a change in the nature and form of their international business connections. We speculate on some similarities and differences with the current catchup of firms in emerging market economies.

DOI

10.18356/1be60b89-en

Journal ISSN / Book ISBN

E-ISSN: 2076099X

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Cantwell, John and Zhang, Yanli, "The Co-Evolution of International Business Connections and Domestic Technological Capabilities: Lessons from the Japanese Catch-Up Experience" (2009). Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 24.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/management-facpubs/24

Published Citation

Cantwell, J., & Zhang, Y. (2009). The co-evolution of international business connections and domestic technological capabilities: Lessons from the Japanese catch-up experience. Transnational Corporations, 18(2), 37-68.