Competitiveness of New Industries: Institutional Framework and Learning in Information Technology in Japan, the U.S and Germany (Routledge Studies in Global Competition)

Many recent books on information and communication technologies concentrate on individual country experiences or neglect to analyze political factors in conjunction with entrepreneurial ones. This book, the result of an international research project, comprises a comprehensive comparison of three key countries: Japan, the United States and Germany. The book adopts an institutional approach. Information And Communication Technology (ict) Is Considered To Be One Of The 'drivers Of Growth' By The Oecd, While Others Regard It As A New Type Of General-purpose Technology. Countries Not Able To Establish Themselves Successfully In The Ict-related Industries Run The Risk Of Losing Important Growth Opportunities. Competitiveness Of New Industries Examines The Extent To Which The Different Institutional Frameworks In Japan, The United States And Germany Have Encouraged And Will Continue To Support The Potential Of Icts. This Is Essentially A Question Of How Rules Should Be Designed In Order To Reach Desired Results - A Traditional Problem In Economic Policy. It Has Recently Gained New Impetus With Regard To Ict Industries Due To The Existence Of Network Externalities And The Public Good Character Of Some Ict Subsectors. The Volume Also Discusses The Degree To Which Economic Actors Are Capable Of Designing Icts In The Institutional Framework Within Which They Operate - A Discussion That Is Strongly Connected To The Long-standing Issue Of Path Dependency.--book Jacket. Institutions And Learning In New Industries : An Introduction / Cornelia Storz, Andreas Moerke -- Legacies Of The Developmental State For Japan's Information And Communication Industries / Mark Tilton, Hyeonjung Choi -- Institutional Framework And Competitiveness Of The Us Telecommunications Market / Michael Schefczyk -- Information And Communication Technologies In Germany : Is There A Remaining Role For Sector-specific Regulations? / Günter Knieps -- Private Solutions To Uncertainty In Japanese Electronic Commerce / Cornelia Storz -- Institutional Conditions For Achieving Effective Implementation Of Ict / Rob Frieden -- B2c E-commerce Dynamics In Germany : Do We Need A Different Regulatory Framework? / Bernhard Lageman, Michael Rothgang, Markus Scheuer -- Ict And Corporate Structure : The Diffusion Of E-commerce Across Japanese Companies / Dennis S. Tachiki -- The Rise And Fall Of Wintelism : Manufacturing Strategies And Transnational Production Networks Of Us Information Electronics Firms In The Pacific Rim / Boy Lüthje -- Open Innovation : Novel Deployment Of Ict In New Product Development / Ralf Reichwald, Frank Piller, Sascha Seifert, Christopher Ihl -- Next Generation Information And Communication Technologies Deployment In Japan / Mohammed Akhtar, Yoshiya Teramoto, Caroline Benton -- Competitive Advantage Through Co-evolution Of Technology And Organization / Janet Fulk -- Shaping Organizational Technology : Ict As A Learning Process / Georg Schreyögg, Sami Khlari, Leo Schmidt. Edited By Cornelia Storz And Andreas Moerke. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Institutions and learning in new industries / Storz, C., Moerke, A. Legacies of the developmental state for Japan's information and communication industries / Tilton, M. / Choi, H. Institutional framework and competitiveness of the U.S. telecommunications market / Schefczyk, M. Information and communication technologies in Germany : is there a remaining role for sector-specific regulations? / Knieps, G. Private solutions to uncertainty in Japanese electronic commerce / Storz, C. Institutional conditions for achieving effective implementation of ICT / Frieden, R. B2C e-commerce dynamics in Germany : do we need a different regulatory framework? / Rothgang, M., Lageman, B., Scheuer, M. ICT and corporate structure : the diffusion of e-commerce across Japanese companies / Tachiki, D. The rise and fall of "Wintelism" : manufacturing strategies and transnational production networks of U.S. information electronics firms in the Pacific Rim / Lüthje, B. Open innovation : firms' novel deployment of ICT in new product development / Reichwald, R., Piller, F., Seifert, S., Ihl, C. Competitive advantage through co-evolution of technology and organization / Fulk, J. Next generation information and communication technologies deployment in Japan / Akhtar, M., Teramoto, Y.,Benton, C. Shaping organizational technology : ICT as a learning process / Schreyögg, G. This book, the result of an international research project, comprises a comprehensive comparison of three key countries. Adopting an institutional approach, with top level contributors, it analyzes political factors in conjunction with entrepreneurial ones