Technology and Industrial Development in Pre-War Japan Book

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	Foreword
	General Editor's preface
	Preface
	List of abbreviations
1	Technology and Industrial Development - An Introduction	1
	International technology transfer and technological change - changing perspectives	1
	Technology transfer and technological learning in pre-war Japan - need for more research	9
	Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard - a case study	12
2	Setting the Stage - Industrialization, Shipbuilding Industry and the Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard	17
	Foundations for a modern industrial state	17
	Growth, structural change and industrial policies, 1884-1934	22
	Development of the shipbuilding industry	27
	Development of the Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard	34
3	Technology Imports at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard	43
	Early national strategies in technology imports	43
	Technology imports at Nagasaki Shipyard	47
4	Education and Training at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard	62
	The development of formal education	62
	Within-enterprise training programmes for workers and technicians at the Nagasaki Shipyard	67
	Training engineers and short-term training programmes	77
5	Research and Inventive Activities at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard	85
	National efforts in industrial research	85
	The role of in-house research bodies	96
	Management of research and inventive activities	104
6	Indigenous Technological Developments at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard	112
	Steam turbine engines	112
	Electric welding	123
	Diesel engines	133
7	Technological Learning and Industrial Development - Conclusions and Policy Implications	146
	Technological learning and technological strategies at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard - conclusions	146
	Some policy implications of the Japanese experience	150
	Appendix: Overseas missions from Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard 1896-1935	153
	Notes	162
	Bibliography	177
	Index	185