TY - JOUR

T1 - Supporting peripheral economies or industrial policy in favour of national growth?

T2 - An empirically based analysis of goal achievement of the Japanese "Technopolis' program

AU - Sternberg, R.

N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 1995/12/1

Y1 - 1995/12/1

N2 - Since the early 1980s, R&D-intensive industries have been a major concern of economic and technology policy in all highly industrialized countries. This includes Japan where, typically, especially strong economic disparities exist between the megapolis of Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka and the rest of the country. The main objectives of the "Technopolis' Program of the Japanese national government, implemented in the mid-1980s, were - and still are - the introduction of technology into all sectors of the national economy and the reduction of the disparities between the individual parts of the country. The author analyses the changes of success for each of the 26 technopolises and draws conclusions regarding the region-political value of the Technopolis strategy. One of the most important results of this analysis is the discovery of a strong and negative correlation between the success of the 26 sites and their distance from the Japanese core region around Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya. -Author

AB - Since the early 1980s, R&D-intensive industries have been a major concern of economic and technology policy in all highly industrialized countries. This includes Japan where, typically, especially strong economic disparities exist between the megapolis of Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka and the rest of the country. The main objectives of the "Technopolis' Program of the Japanese national government, implemented in the mid-1980s, were - and still are - the introduction of technology into all sectors of the national economy and the reduction of the disparities between the individual parts of the country. The author analyses the changes of success for each of the 26 technopolises and draws conclusions regarding the region-political value of the Technopolis strategy. One of the most important results of this analysis is the discovery of a strong and negative correlation between the success of the 26 sites and their distance from the Japanese core region around Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya. -Author

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U2 - 10.1068/c130425

DO - 10.1068/c130425

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0029533712

VL - 13

SP - 425

EP - 439

JO - Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy

JF - Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy

SN - 0263-774X

IS - 4

ER -