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R & D Consortia and U.S.-Japan Collaboration Report of a Workshop (1991) / Chapter Skim
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1. Introduction
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... Working together is not easy anywhere, particularly in the United States where the ethic of independent entrepreneurship is strong. Despite these obvious potential problems, there is another side of the picture.
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... Samuels, "Institutions and Innovation: Research Collaboration as Technology Strategy in Japan," MIT Japan Program Working Paper 89-02, 1989. See also Fumio Kodama, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, "Rivals Participating in Collective Research," paper presented at International Conference on Science and Technology Policy Research, February 2-4, 1990, Shimoda, Japan.
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... Policymakers in the U.S. government are challenged not only to respond to the initiatives coming from Japan, but also to discern the actual results and consider whether R&D consortia can be used effectively in the United States.
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