The Background of inter-enterprise cooperative ties in Japan -- The Use of inter-enterprise ties in the development of the computer and telecommunications industry -- Cooperation between firms in the same industry: case studies involving applied research -- Cooperation between firms in the same industry: case studies involving relatively basic )or "fundamental") research -- Cooperation between firms in different industries for purposes of innovation, and comparisons with intraindustry research -- Possible implications for other late developing countreis

1. Industrialization -- Japan
2. Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Japan
3. Industrial policy -- Japan