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To examine the different ways in which innovations and technological changes are realized in different nations, a number of authors (Freeman and Soete, 1997; Lundvall, 1992; Nelson, 1993) compared various countries and proposed the concept of a ‘national innovation system’ that forms separately in each country, grounded in that country’s unique historical and cultural history and in its individual systems and markets. In a wide-ranging review, Fagerberg et al. (2004) followed up on this idea, considering the concept of the innovation system, the roles of industry, academia, and government, the relationship between elements such as human resources, capital, and intellectual property, and the impact of all of these factors on economic growth and competitiveness.
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Arimoto, T. (2010). Science and Technology Policy. In: Miyoshi, H., Nakata, Y. (eds) Have Japanese Firms Changed?. Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series Centre for the Study of Emerging Market Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294905_13
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