Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape

This paper explores various strategic options available to Japanese firms faced with the increasing market pressures in the global economy. Whether Japanese firms are able to retain the competitive edge will depend on the continuing gains in their manufacturing capability, their capacity to exploit...

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Main Authors:	Yusuf, Shahid, Nabeshima, Kaoru
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ACADEMIC RESEARCH ADVANCED DEGREES APPLIANCES APPLIED RESEARCH AUTOMOTIVE BI BIOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS MODELS CHEMISTRY CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE COLLABORATION COMPANY COMPETITORS COMPONENTS CONSULTING SERVICES CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CONSUMER GOODS CORPORATIONS CROSS-FERTILIZATION DEVICES DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMICS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ELECTRONICS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT ENERGY SOURCES ENGINEERING ENGINEERS ENTERTAINMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTRY BARRIERS EQUIPMENT EXPANSION EXPENDITURES FACULTIES FIRMS FOOD PROCESSING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN RESEARCHERS FOREIGN STUDENTS GENETICS GLOBAL MARKETS INNOVATIONS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS JOB OPPORTUNITIES KEY INDUSTRIES KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LABOR FORCE LEARNING LEVELS OF EDUCATION LICENSING LIFE SCIENCES MANUFACTURERS MARKETING MEDICAL SERVICES MERGERS NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES NETWORKING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OUTSOURCING PAPERS PDAS PHONES PHYSICS PROGRAMS R&D RESEARCH CAPACITY RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH COMMUNITIES RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS RESEARCH POTENTIAL ROBOTICS ROBOTS SCHOLARSHIPS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES SCIENTIFIC FIELDS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SCIENCES SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAINS TEACHING TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TERTIARY LEVEL TEXTILES UNDERGRADUATES UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH VENTURE CAPITAL WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6360798/japans-changing-industrial-landscape http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8478

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spelling	okr-10986-84782021-04-23T14:02:43Z Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape Yusuf, Shahid Nabeshima, Kaoru ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ACADEMIC RESEARCH ADVANCED DEGREES APPLIANCES APPLIED RESEARCH AUTOMOTIVE BI BIOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS MODELS CHEMISTRY CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE COLLABORATION COMPANY COMPETITORS COMPONENTS CONSULTING SERVICES CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CONSUMER GOODS CORPORATIONS CROSS-FERTILIZATION DEVICES DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMICS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ELECTRONICS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT ENERGY SOURCES ENGINEERING ENGINEERS ENTERTAINMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTRY BARRIERS EQUIPMENT EXPANSION EXPENDITURES FACULTIES FIRMS FOOD PROCESSING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN RESEARCHERS FOREIGN STUDENTS GENETICS GLOBAL MARKETS INNOVATIONS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS JOB OPPORTUNITIES KEY INDUSTRIES KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LABOR FORCE LEARNING LEVELS OF EDUCATION LICENSING LIFE SCIENCES MANUFACTURERS MARKETING MEDICAL SERVICES MERGERS NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES NETWORKING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OUTSOURCING PAPERS PDAS PHONES PHYSICS PROGRAMS R&D RESEARCH CAPACITY RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH COMMUNITIES RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS RESEARCH POTENTIAL ROBOTICS ROBOTS SCHOLARSHIPS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES SCIENTIFIC FIELDS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SCIENCES SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAINS TEACHING TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TERTIARY LEVEL TEXTILES UNDERGRADUATES UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH VENTURE CAPITAL WORKERS This paper explores various strategic options available to Japanese firms faced with the increasing market pressures in the global economy. Whether Japanese firms are able to retain the competitive edge will depend on the continuing gains in their manufacturing capability, their capacity to exploit and adapt to changing market circumstances, and innovativeness at many levels. The authors discuss six main developments that are changing the industrial landscape in Japan and in this context, they explore the nature of the responses required of firms and examine some implications of the measures adopted for the Japanese economy as a whole. 2012-06-19T20:06:38Z 2012-06-19T20:06:38Z 2005-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6360798/japans-changing-industrial-landscape http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8478 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3758 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Japan
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topic	ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ACADEMIC RESEARCH ADVANCED DEGREES APPLIANCES APPLIED RESEARCH AUTOMOTIVE BI BIOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS MODELS CHEMISTRY CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE COLLABORATION COMPANY COMPETITORS COMPONENTS CONSULTING SERVICES CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CONSUMER GOODS CORPORATIONS CROSS-FERTILIZATION DEVICES DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMICS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ELECTRONICS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT ENERGY SOURCES ENGINEERING ENGINEERS ENTERTAINMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTRY BARRIERS EQUIPMENT EXPANSION EXPENDITURES FACULTIES FIRMS FOOD PROCESSING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN RESEARCHERS FOREIGN STUDENTS GENETICS GLOBAL MARKETS INNOVATIONS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS JOB OPPORTUNITIES KEY INDUSTRIES KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LABOR FORCE LEARNING LEVELS OF EDUCATION LICENSING LIFE SCIENCES MANUFACTURERS MARKETING MEDICAL SERVICES MERGERS NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES NETWORKING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OUTSOURCING PAPERS PDAS PHONES PHYSICS PROGRAMS R&D RESEARCH CAPACITY RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH COMMUNITIES RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS RESEARCH POTENTIAL ROBOTICS ROBOTS SCHOLARSHIPS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES SCIENTIFIC FIELDS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SCIENCES SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAINS TEACHING TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TERTIARY LEVEL TEXTILES UNDERGRADUATES UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH VENTURE CAPITAL WORKERS
spellingShingle	ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ACADEMIC RESEARCH ADVANCED DEGREES APPLIANCES APPLIED RESEARCH AUTOMOTIVE BI BIOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS MODELS CHEMISTRY CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE COLLABORATION COMPANY COMPETITORS COMPONENTS CONSULTING SERVICES CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CONSUMER GOODS CORPORATIONS CROSS-FERTILIZATION DEVICES DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMICS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ELECTRONICS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT ENERGY SOURCES ENGINEERING ENGINEERS ENTERTAINMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTRY BARRIERS EQUIPMENT EXPANSION EXPENDITURES FACULTIES FIRMS FOOD PROCESSING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN RESEARCHERS FOREIGN STUDENTS GENETICS GLOBAL MARKETS INNOVATIONS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS JOB OPPORTUNITIES KEY INDUSTRIES KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LABOR FORCE LEARNING LEVELS OF EDUCATION LICENSING LIFE SCIENCES MANUFACTURERS MARKETING MEDICAL SERVICES MERGERS NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES NETWORKING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OUTSOURCING PAPERS PDAS PHONES PHYSICS PROGRAMS R&D RESEARCH CAPACITY RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH COMMUNITIES RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS RESEARCH POTENTIAL ROBOTICS ROBOTS SCHOLARSHIPS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES SCIENTIFIC FIELDS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SCIENCES SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAINS TEACHING TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TERTIARY LEVEL TEXTILES UNDERGRADUATES UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH VENTURE CAPITAL WORKERS Yusuf, Shahid Nabeshima, Kaoru Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Japan
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3758
description	This paper explores various strategic options available to Japanese firms faced with the increasing market pressures in the global economy. Whether Japanese firms are able to retain the competitive edge will depend on the continuing gains in their manufacturing capability, their capacity to exploit and adapt to changing market circumstances, and innovativeness at many levels. The authors discuss six main developments that are changing the industrial landscape in Japan and in this context, they explore the nature of the responses required of firms and examine some implications of the measures adopted for the Japanese economy as a whole.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Yusuf, Shahid Nabeshima, Kaoru
author_facet	Yusuf, Shahid Nabeshima, Kaoru
author_sort	Yusuf, Shahid
title	Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape
title_short	Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape
title_full	Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape
title_fullStr	Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape
title_full_unstemmed	Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape
title_sort	japan's changing industrial landscape
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6360798/japans-changing-industrial-landscape http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8478
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Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape

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