List of Figures and Tables |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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List of Abbreviations |
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1 Introduction: Problems and Approaches |
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The scientific and technological revolution at the turn of the century |
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2 | (3) |
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The significance of the ship revolution |
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General problems and models |
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A changing Japan in a changing world |
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7 | (2) |
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The role of the Ministry of Engineering and the Engineering College in the formation of infrastructure and human resources |
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9 | (3) |
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Emerging professionalization: domestic professional societies |
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12 | (4) |
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A new gatekeeper model of science and technology transfer |
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16 | (2) |
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Dimensions of 'gatekeepers' |
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A new composite model of industrialization |
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Dimensions of 'composite' |
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20 | (3) |
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The composition of the book |
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23 | (3) |
2 The Technology Gatekeepers: The Role of the Navy and Mitsubishi in the Ship Revolution |
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26 | (24) |
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The industrialization of Japan, the transfer of science and technology, and technology gatekeepers |
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27 | (1) |
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How large was the science and technology gap? |
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28 | (4) |
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The role of Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard |
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32 | (9) |
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The role of the Imperial Japanese Navy |
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41 | (6) |
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47 | (3) |
3 Technology Gatekeepers Combine: The Emergence of the Japanese Military-Industrial-University Complex |
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The course of the transfer of marine steam turbine technology to Japan |
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52 | (2) |
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The Imperial Japanese Navy as a technology gatekeeper: a dual role |
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54 | (7) |
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The rationality of technology gatekeepers |
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61 | (2) |
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The role of Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard |
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63 | (5) |
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Entrepreneurial risk-taking of technology gatekeepers |
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68 | (6) |
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How did technology gatekeepers combine? The emergence of the Japanese military-industrial-university complex |
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74 | (4) |
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78 | (3) |
4 'Spin-on' and Latecomers' Advantages Reconsidered: British Development and Japanese Transfer in Social Context |
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The social impact of the Turbinia |
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83 | (4) |
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From professionalization to R&D: C.A. Parsons and 'spin-on' in the development of the marine steam turbine |
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The role of the Royal Navy: a de facto 'spin-off' story |
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94 | (5) |
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Development in the laissez-faire British state |
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99 | (2) |
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Science and technical practice in marine turbine technology |
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101 | (1) |
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The Japanese social context of 'spin-on' in transferring the scientific aspect of the marine turbine |
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102 | (4) |
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Industrial education within the company |
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106 | (2) |
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Invention within the organization |
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108 | (3) |
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The emergence of the Mitsubishi type and the process of de facto 'spin-off' |
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111 | (4) |
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115 | (3) |
5 'Spin-off' in the Nationalization of R&D: The Recasting of the British System in an Industrializing Japan |
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The British 'spin-off process in the setting up of the National Physical Laboratory's experimental tank |
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119 | (5) |
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The Japanese 'spin-off' process in the setting up of the National Experimental Tank |
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124 | (4) |
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The social background underlying public R&D organizations: the INA and the Shipbuilding Association |
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128 | (8) |
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The implications of the nationalization of R&D in Britain and Japan |
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136 | (4) |
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Patterns of institutionalization |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (3) |
6 Conclusion: Beyond Success or Failure |
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The structure and function of the ship revolution |
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147 | (4) |
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The wartime mobilization of science and technology and the military-industrial-university complex |
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151 | (8) |
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159 | (1) |
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The development of the Kanpon turbine and its pitfalls |
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160 | (3) |
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Secrecy about the failure |
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163 | (4) |
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The Rinkicho failure and the outbreak of war with the US and Britain: how did Japan deal with the problem? |
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Conclusion: beyond success or failure |
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172 | (4) |
Appendix |
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Notes |
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Select Bibliography |
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221 | (16) |
Name Index |
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237 | (5) |
Subject Index |
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