Innovation and business partnering in Japan, Europe and the United States
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Innovation and business partnering in Japan, Europe and the United States
(Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia, 67)
Routledge, 2007
- : hbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Innovation studies and partnering/collaborative alliances are rapidly growing areas of interest. Originally combining the two areas, this book examines the role of business partnering as a pathway to innovation for small and medium enterprises - SMEs.
This text outlines global and regional trends, focusing in particular on the role of Poland and Eastern Europe as an emerging region for new innovative ideas, how innovation is promoted in the United States, and how it is facilitated in Japan. It assesses the reasons why American SMEs are significantly ahead of their European counterparts in the fields of research and development investment and innovation, and demonstrates how business partnering can assist in increasing research and development investment, profit, finding new suppliers and aiding growth. In addition, the book shows how business partners can cut the costs of doing research for innovation and analyzes the threat that poorly constructed and over-burdensome regulation and bureaucracy pose to innovation.
This book is a timely contribution to the literature on both innovation and business partnering in Japan, Europe and the United States.
Table of Contents
1. Innovation and Business Partnering for SME Companies - An Alternative to M&A 2. Global Innovation 3. Innovative Practices in Central Europe - Case Study Poland 4. SME Companies in Europe Can Overcome Regulatory Burdens 5. Innovation as the Essential Ingredient in American Business Growth and Survival 6. Networking and Equity Investment to Stimulate SME Company Growth in Europe and America 7. Cutting the Cost of Innovation R&D Through Business Partnering in Japan 8. Innovation Clustering through Partnering - A Success Story from Japan
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