THE NATURE AND EVOLUTION OF KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS IN JAPANESE MANUFACTURING

T. R. Lakshmanan; Makoto Okumura

doi:10.1111/j.1435-5597.1995.tb00628.x

THE NATURE AND EVOLUTION OF KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS IN JAPANESE MANUFACTURING

T. R. Lakshmanan, Makoto Okumura

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to explore the nature and development of nonmaterial networks within establishments across the entire manufacturing sector in Japan. We generate coproduction indexes for different commodities in the Japanese economy, which enable us to recognize three types of nonmaterial linkages: technical, market and vertical. Predictably, the level of nonmaterial linkages is greater in more knowledge intensive industries. We observe that the evolution of these networks in the decade 1975 85 among the different manufacturing sectors parallels the evolution of the knowledge levels in the Japanese labor force towards higher levels of embodied knowledge.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	63-86
Number of pages	24
Journal	Papers in Regional Science
Volume	74
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5597.1995.tb00628.x
Publication status	Published - 1995 Jan
Externally published	Yes

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Geography, Planning and Development
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

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