Research on restructuring Japanese inter-firm system for forging innovation

本研究分析了日本企业间关系对创新的促进作用。我们采用了按行业比较研究的方法。该研究组的首席研究员川端康成（Nozomu Kawabata）对东亚国家的钢铁产业进行了比较研究。大田康弘在实地调研的基础上，对意大利和日本的纺织服装产业进行了比较研究。Michi Fukushima对日本和美国的产学研合作进行了比较研究，特别关注了技术许可办公室，王磊对中国的科技园进行了研究。王宝玲对中国的汽车工业进行了研究，特别是对外资汽车制造商和国内汽车制造商进行了比较。这些研究成果如下：一篇论文被期刊收录，一篇论文集，两篇论文被收录。我们在学术会议上做了三次报告。为了分享我们的研究成果，我们…More于2008年2月在日本东北大学举办了一场题为“发展网络与生产网络的国际比较”的研讨会。我们的项目如下：(1)日本在全球范围内具有竞争优势的行业，如汽车工业和钢铁工业，其企业间体系仍保持竞争优势，但经历了一些小的变革。自20世纪80年代以来，日本纺织服装业面临着许多必须克服的重组问题。他们没有阻止企业萎缩，他们仍在寻找解决问题的灵丹妙药，同时他们也在寻找自己应该走的路。(3)在日本，学术界和产业界的合作被视为创造新产业的前提工具，中央政府制定了一些支持它的法律和政策。不幸的是，这项政策是由中央政府发起的，而不是由现场的人发起的。所以他们在提高积极性方面存在问题。这些结果表明，与日本的政策和制度变化相比，日本的企业间制度在过去10年中变化缓慢。我们的研究的独特之处在于证明了制度应该有多快的变化，以及为什么制度会以悠闲的速度变化。少

This research analyzed Japanese inter-firm relationships that worked as innovation promoter. We used, comparative -study-by-industry. Nozomu Kawabata, the head-investigator of this research group, conducted comparative study among the iron and steel industries in East Asian countries. Yasuhiro Ota conducted comparative study on textile and apparel industries in Italy and Japan based on field study. Michi Fukushima researched on comparative study on collaboration between academia and industry in Japan and the U.S, especially focusing on Technology Licensing Offices, and Wang Lei conducted research on the Science Parks in China. Wang Baoling researched on the automobile industry in China, especially comparing foreign-affiliated manufacturers and domestic ones.The fruits of these research are as follows; one paper accepted by refereed journal, one proceeding, and two papers included in the books. And we made three presentations at the academic meetings. In order to share our findings, we … More held a symposium, whose title was "International comparison on Development Network and Production Network" at the Tohoku University in February 2008.Our project shows as follows; (1) Japanese inter-firm system of the industries that have had-competitive advantage on a global scale, such as the automobile industry and the steel and iron industry, still keeps competitive advantage, going through some minor transformations. (2) The textile and apparel industry in Japan has been facing lots of restructuring-problems they have to overcome since 1980s. They have not stopped business shrinking, and they are still looking for panacea for solving problems, while they are finding the way that they should go. (3) Collaboration between academia and industry is regarded as a premising tool for creating new industry in Japan and the central government has enacted some laws and policies that support it. Unfortunately the policy has been initiated by the central government and not by the persons on the spot. So they have problems in term of heightening their motivation.These results indicate that Japanese inter-firm system has changed slowly for 10 years, comparing with changes of policies and institution in Japan. The uniqueness of our research is to prove how fast the system should have changed and why the system has changed with leisurely speed. Less