US-Japan Comparison in National Formation and Transformation of Technology Centering Around Mass Production Systems: 1900-1990.

This volume comprises papers and commentaries from a small workshop marking the first year of 'Research and Studies on Worldwide Technological Exchange', an initiative funded by the Japan Science Foundation to formulate guidelines on technology transfer between developed nations. The major themes covered are general history, management, international relations and current issues, and are complemented by the texts of two keynote speeches: Totsuya Kobayashi on 'The characteristics of Japanese Mass Production', and Melvin Krantzberg on 'Technology Transfer and Industrial Growth: Lessons from the Past for the Future'.

The questions addressed in the volume and the overall aims …