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Technopreneurial Trajectory Leading to Bipolarization of Entrepreneurial Contour in Japan’s Leading Firm

In: Managing Innovation in Japan

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  • Chihiro Watanabe

    (2-12-1 W 9-49 Ookayama)

Abstract

Contrary to the institutional non-elasticity against a new paradigm in the information society of the 1990s, the dramatic advancement of mobile technology has led Japan's technological development to surge to a new level. This has, in turn, changed the institutional system and subsequently, entrepreneurial contour. This paper attempts to elucidate the co-evolutionary dynamism between transformation of the characterization of technology and subsequent change in entrepreneurial contour in leading high-technology firms. Empirical analyses are conducted based on the following: (a) Co-evolutionary dynamism between the advancement of mobile phones with Internet access service and institutional change, and (b) The transformation in entrepreneurial contour in leading Japanese and US firms facing the transition to a post-information society. On the basis of the above analyses, it is demonstrated that the characterization of technology has transformed as a consequence of the paradigm shift from an industrial society to an information society in the 1990s, which in turn has reshaped entrepreneurial contour in leading high-technology firms. This suggests that consistent market learning efforts and innovation generation leading to an increase in technology elasticity to the price of technology is essential for a technopreneurial trajectory toward a post-information society.

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  • Chihiro Watanabe, 2009. "Technopreneurial Trajectory Leading to Bipolarization of Entrepreneurial Contour in Japan’s Leading Firm," Springer Books, in: Managing Innovation in Japan, chapter 8, pages 159-177, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-89272-4_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89272-4_8
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