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Tables of Contents for The Dynamics of Knowledge Regimes
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures
viii
List of Tables
ix
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xiv
Introduction
1
6
Part I The Sectoral Approach
7
38
Sectoral Patterns of National Competitiveness
9
36
Japanese export competitiveness in high-tech sectors
10
3
US export competitiveness in high-tech sectors
13
2
Japanese strength and US weakness in the export competitiveness of automobiles, mechatronics, and opto-electronics
15
7
US strength and Japanese weakness in biotechnology, chemicals, food and beverages, and petroleum products
22
5
Sectoral patterns of patenting advantage
27
5
US strength and Japanese weakness in software, information services, and other service sectors
32
7
American exceptionalism and Japanese uniqueness in the sectoral patterns of national competitiveness
39
3
Discussion: the challenge of persistent sectoral patterns
42
3
Part II The Knowledge Regime Perspective
45
56
The Knowledge Regime Framework
49
24
The primacy of knowledge creation
49
1
Beyond path-dependence
50
1
Axial organizing principles as attractors: culture's impact
51
1
Independent vs. interdependent models of organizing
52
1
Contractual vs. connectual cultural paradigms
53
2
From axial to derivative principles: dominant patterns of knowing and competitiveness
55
5
The isomorphic structure of knowledge regimes
60
1
Contractual vs. connectual governance
61
4
Organizing principles and incentive structures
65
4
Organizing principles and task structures
69
2
Isomorphism and sectoral patterns of competitiveness
71
1
Discussion: the evolution and coevolution process reconsidered
72
1
Culture and Knowledge Creation
73
28
Contractual man: the American pursuit of autonomy and separateness
73
3
Connectual man: the Japanese pursuit of interdependence and mutual obligations
76
5
Separate knowing vs. connectual knowing
81
8
Trust and knowledge creation
89
8
Discussion: dominant vs. complementary forms of human relations and human knowing
97
4
Part III Governance Mechanisms for Knowledge Creation
101
56
Contractual Governance for Knowledge Creation
105
24
Contractual markets and knowledge creation
106
6
Contractual hierarchies and knowledge creation
112
6
Contractual networks and knowledge creation
118
4
Contractual clans and knowledge creation
122
2
Contractual governance as an attractor
124
3
The state as enforcer of contractual governance
127
1
Conclusion
128
1
Connectual Governance for Knowledge Creation
129
28
Connectual governance and stakeholder capitalism
130
3
Exogenous vs. endogenous enforcement of knowledge exchange
133
2
Connectual hierarchies and knowledge creation
135
14
Connectual markets and networks and knowledge Creation
149
5
Connectual government and knowledge creation
154
1
Discussion: hybrid forms and the synergy of governance mechanisms
155
2
Part IV Organizing for Competitiveness: Isomorphism and Sectoral Patterns
157
133
Quantification vs. Contextualization
160
26
Objectification as a means of autonomy and independence: the US advantage and disadvantage
162
9
Contextualization as a means of connectual knowing: the Japanese advantage and diaadvantage
171
11
The Japanese competitive advantage of synergy
182
3
Conclusion
185
1
Spontaneous vs. Organized Fusion
186
28
Organizing for spontaneous technology fusion: the US advantage
189
6
The garbage can model of spontaneous fusion
195
9
Organized technology fusion: the Japanese advantage
204
7
Conclusion: the entrepreneurship debate reconsidered
211
3
Modularity and Connectivity
214
24
Two ways of dealing with complexity: the impact of culture
214
5
The dominance of modularization in the American life
219
5
Modularization as a double-edged sword for US competitiveness
224
7
Contextual connectivity: the Japanese advantage and disadvantage
231
6
Two types of modularization and connectivity: learning and cultural synergy between the USA and Japan
237
1
Systems Integration: People-independence vs. People-dependence
238
42
Two ways of systems integration: the impact of cultural paradigms
238
11
People-independent systems integration: the US way of systemization
249
5
Complexity, modularization, and people-independent systems integration
254
3
Systems integration in large-scale complex technological systems
257
4
Explicit connectivity and shared database: software and information systems as integrators
261
8
People-dependent systems integration: the dominant Japanese way of systemization
269
7
Japanese competitive advantage in CNC, FMS, and CIM
276
2
Discussion: Taylorism reassessed
278
2
The Great Synergy of Civilizations
280
10
The sectoral perspective as a solution to linear thinking
280
2
Coevolution and the problem of overdetermination
282
1
Organizing principles and the synergy of civilizations
282
3
The synergy of civilizations as the theme for the twenty-first century
285
5
References
290
25
Index
315