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Different evolutionary paths: Technological development of laser diodes in the US and Japan, 1960-2000

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Exploring the technological development of laser diodes from 1960 to 2000, this study examines how US and Japanese firms diverged from the same technological target to take separate evolutionary paths over time and came to be competitive in the different areas. Scrutinising the level of vertical integration, entrepreneurial start-ups, scientists' mobility and research networks, it shows that R&D efforts were scattered over different technological domains, giving US firms the chance to obtain technological advantages in customised and small markets. R&D efforts were concentrated in the same targeted markets in Japan, giving Japanese companies the opportunity to capture the markets offering the highest sales volumes.

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  • Hiroshi Shimizu, 2010. "Different evolutionary paths: Technological development of laser diodes in the US and Japan, 1960-2000," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(7), pages 1151-1181.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:52:y:2010:i:7:p:1151-1181
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2010.523461
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    1. Naomi R. Lamoreaux & Daniel M.G. Raff & Peter Temin, 2002. "Beyond Markets and Hierarchies: Toward a New Synthesis of American Business History," NBER Working Papers 9029, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Hiroshi Shimizu, 2011. "SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS AND NETWORKS IN THE CASE OF SEMICONDUCTOR LASER TECHNOLOGY IN THE US AND JAPAN, 1960s–2000s," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 51(1), pages 71-96, March.
    2. Shimizu, Hiroshi & Wakutsu, Naohiko, 2014. "Entrepreneurial Spin-Outs and Vanishing Technological Trajectory: Laser Diodes in the U.S. and Japan," IIR Working Paper 13-21, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University.

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