Entrepreneurship in the Information Age: Beyond Craftsman Tradition and the Future of Japan's Capitalism

信息时代的创业精神：超越工匠传统与日本资本主义的未来

• 批准号: 0095977
• 负责人: Yuko Aoyama
• 金额: $ 9.59万
• 依托单位: Clark University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-05-15 至 2004-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0095977&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Entrepreneurship; Information; Age; Beyond; Craftsman

This project explores critical, yet poorly understood aspects of Japan's entrepreneurship as the economy shifts from industrial to the informational economy. Although entrepreneurship has been a focus of numerous studies in economic development, there is no consensus on its definition, process of formation, and how it can be effectively promoted. Furthermore, entrepreneurship is seldom examined with a cross-national perspective, and as a result, important foundations, such as regional tradition, cultural norms, and business practices, have largely been ignored as drivers of entrepreneurship. This project addresses the changing role of regional-cultural contexts for entrepreneurship, through historical as well as contemporary studies of three distinctive regions in Japan. The project seeks to 1) examine risk-handling and incentive-generating characteristics of entrepreneurs in the information sector; 2) analyze how different regional contexts (industrial networks, social interactions, and cultural practices) function as catalysts for entrepreneurs; and 3) assess the role of entrepreneurship promotion policy for the 21st Century. The project will involve interviews of firm mangers and governmental officials in each region, and the data will be analyzed with a focus on those factors relating to the socio-cultural foundations of entrepreneurship and the geographical ties to the region.The research will provide empirical evidence that could lead to the development of a theoretical framework that integrates economic and cultural incentives in the study of entrepreneurship. The project will also generate a foundation for comparative research on the development of informational economy between regions and countries. In practical terms, understanding the dynamics of entrepreneurship in the world's second largest economy has implications on the growth and stability of the global economy.

该项目探讨了日本经济从工业经济转向信息经济时创业精神的关键但人们知之甚少的方面。 尽管创业精神一直是经济发展领域众多研究的焦点，但对于其定义、形成过程以及如何有效促进，尚未达成共识。 此外，很少用跨国视角来审视创业精神，因此，作为创业驱动力的重要基础，如地区传统、文化规范和商业实践，在很大程度上被忽视了。 该项目通过对日本三个独特地区的历史和当代研究，探讨了地区文化背景对创业的不断变化的作用。 该项目旨在 1) 检查信息行业企业家的风险处理和激励特征； 2）分析不同的区域背景（产业网络、社会互动和文化习俗）如何成为企业家的催化剂； 3) 评估21世纪创业促进政策的作用。 该项目将采访每个地区的企业经理和政府官员，并对数据进行分析，重点关注与创业的社会文化基础以及与该地区的地理联系有关的因素。该研究将提供实证证据这可能会导致建立一个将经济和文化激励因素纳入创业研究的理论框架。 该项目还将为区域和国家之间信息经济发展的比较研究奠定基础。 实际上，了解世界第二大经济体的创业动态对全球经济的增长和稳定具有重要意义。