Abstract
Contrary to the institutional non-elasticity against a new paradigm in the information society of the 1990s, the dramatic advancement of mobile technology has led Japan's technological development to surge to a new level. This has, in turn, changed the institutional system and subsequently, entrepreneurial contour.
This paper attempts to elucidate the co-evolutionary dynamism between transformation of the characterization of technology and subsequent change in entrepreneurial contour in leading high-technology firms.
Empirical analyses are conducted based on the following:
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Co-evolutionary dynamism between the advancement of mobile phones with Internet access service and institutional change, and
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The transformation in entrepreneurial contour in leading Japanese and US firms facing the transition to a post-information society.
On the basis of the above analyses, it is demonstrated that the characterization of technology has transformed as a consequence of the paradigm shift from an industrial society to an information society in the 1990s, which in turn has reshaped entrepreneurial contour in leading high-technology firms. This suggests that consistent market learning efforts and innovation generation leading to an increase in technology elasticity to the price of technology is essential for a technopreneurial trajectory toward a post-information society.
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Watanabe, C. (2009). Technopreneurial Trajectory Leading to Bipolarization of Entrepreneurial Contour in Japan’s Leading Firm. In: Managing Innovation in Japan. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89272-4_8
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