?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4576%2F&rft.title=The+Interaction+Between+Technology+and+Economy%3A+National+Strategies+for+Constrained+Economic+Environments+(The+Case+of+Japan)&rft.creator=Watanabe%2C+C.&rft.description=Over+the+last+two+decades%2C+Japan+has+constructed+sophisticated+and+successful+interactions+between+technology+and+economic+development.+These+resulted+from+a+combination+of+industry's+efforts+and+the+Government's+(chiefly+MITI's)+attempt+to+stimulate+and+induce+such+efforts.+As+economic+growth+and+technological+development+continued+in+the+mid-1980s%2C+concern+for+the+globalizing+world+economy+increased.+Consequently%2C+Japanese+industrial+technology+reached+a+turning+point+requiring+further+intensive+efforts+towards+basic+and+creative+technology%2C+overcoming+energy+and+environmental+constraints%2C+not+only+for+Japan's+sake%2C+but+also+for+the+sake+of+the+global+community.+While+MITI+has+restructured+its+National+R%26D+Program+due+to+the+%22bubble+economy%22+and+its+bursting%2C+the+Japanese+industry+faces+a+structural+stagnation+in+R%26D+activities+which+may+have+negative+implications+for+these+historically+successful+interactions+between+technology+and+economic+development.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+paper+demonstrates+the+source+of+the+interactions%2C+the+role+of+policy+and+its+mechanism%2C+and+the+current+fear+regarding+their+future.&rft.publisher=WP-95-016&rft.date=1995-02&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4576%2F1%2FWP-95-016.pdf&rft.identifier=++Watanabe%2C+C.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F323.html%3E++(1995).++The+Interaction+Between+Technology+and+Economy%3A+National+Strategies+for+Constrained+Economic+Environments+(The+Case+of+Japan).+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-016+++++