Learning the R & D System: Industrial R & D in Japan and the United States (1990)

Summary: The Office of Japan Affairs of the National Research Council organized a series of workshops on the difference and similarities in the working environment for research in Japan and the US. Understanding these differences is essential in order to expand US scientists’ and engineers’ access to Japan’s R&D system and to enhance mutually beneficial collaboration between the two countries. This report highlights major themes from the third workshop in the series from “Coexistence in a Technological World: Cooperation and Competition in R&D.” This report covers the third meeting, “Industrial R&D in Japan and the United States,” held on March 1 and 2, 1990.