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There is no question that science and technology play one of the most important roles in the economic growth of advanced countries. However, when one attempts to discover the relation between the effort devoted to research and development and the economic growth of a nation, it is not easy to find a simple correlation between them.
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A. Uchino, Investment for Research in Japan (Jitsugyokohosha).
K. Pavitt, ‘Performance in Technological Innovation’, ch. 10 of Technological Innovation and the Economy (Wiley-Interscience, 1970).
K. Oshima, ‘Setting the Scene Three: Japan’, ch. 4, ibid.
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Oshima, K. (1973). Research and Development and Economic Growth in Japan. In: Williams, B.R. (eds) Science and Technology in Economic Growth. International Economic Association Conference Volumes, Numbers 1–50. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01731-7_12
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