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

Authors

John Cantwell, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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.

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.