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This paper aims to study some limited aspects of Japanese experience in the choice of industrial technologies from the 1870s to the 1950s, the period in which Japan was more or less in the stage of a developing economy. It is interesting to explore how far some of the Japanese experience is relevant to the problems of choice of industrial technologies in contemporary developing countries.
I wish to acknowledge my great indebtedness to Mr Masumi Sato of the Science and Technology Agency, Japanese Government, for advice and comments on the technological aspects of the paper. Any possible errors are, of course the author’s responsibility.
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Ishikawa, S. (1979). Appropriate Technologies: Some Aspects of Japanese Experience. In: Robinson, A. (eds) Appropriate Technologies for Third World Development. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03931-9_5
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