Japan STA Program: Building Regional Innovation Systems: A Comparative Study of Kanagawa and Osaka, Japan

柯林斯9722544 该奖项支持了为期12个月的日本科学技术厅（STA）博士后奖学金博士史蒂芬W。 柯林斯在神奈川工业技术研究所，日本海老。 柯林斯博士将与首席科学家Hikoji Wakoh博士合作开展一项名为“建立区域创新系统：日本神奈川和大坂的比较研究”的研究项目。" 这项研究将以日本神奈川和大坂两县为例，研究地区科技转移政策在促进地方经济发展方面的作用。 最近，日本科学技术政策的一个主要目标是通过促进利用当地丰富资源的技术创新来刺激区域经济。 这些政策的依据是，越来越多的研究表明，一个资源丰富的科学和技术基础设施，加上传播和转让新知识的适当机制，有助于创造一个创业的商业环境。 例如，加州的硅谷和北卡罗来纳州的三角研究区，日本许多地方政府都希望效仿。 本研究将考察日本的两个这样的地区，比较都道府县政府和研究机构旨在利用地区和国家资源促进可持续发展的活动和政策。 研究结果将有助于了解技术创新的地理分布，并深入了解日本各地政策的差异。 最后，本项目将有助于神奈川县政府理解该地区的技术创新，并将其置于全国地区和地方科学技术政策的更广泛背景下。 ***

Collins 9722544 This award supports a 12 month Science and Technology Agency of Japan (STA) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr. Steven W. Collins at the Kanagawa Industrial Technology Research Institute, Ebina, Japan. Dr. Collins will work with Dr. Hikoji Wakoh, Chief Scientist, on a research project entitled "Building Regional Innovation Systems: A Comparative Study of Kanagawa and Osaka, Japan." The proposed research will study the role of regional science and technology transfer policies in promoting local economic development in two Japanese prefectures, Kanagawa and Osaka. Recently in Japan, a major goal of science and technology policy has been to stimulate regional economies by promoting technological innovation that uses resources found in abundance locally. Such policies are based on a growing body of research showing that a richly endowed science and technology infrastructure, coupled with appropriate mechanisms for diffusing and transferring new knowledge, contributes to an entrepreneurial business environment. Notable examples are California's Silicon Valley and North Carolina's Research Triangle, which many local governments in Japan wish to emulate. This study will examine two such regions in Japan, comparing activities and policies of prefectural governments and research institutes aimed at leveraging regional and national resources to promote sustainable development. The results will shed light on the geography of technological innovation, as well as provide insight into differences in regional policies across Japan. Finally, the project will contribute to the Kanagawa Prefectural government's goal of understanding technological innovation in the region and situating it in the broader context of both regional and local science and technology policy across the nation. ***