Need to play catch-up in the field of biotechnology has led Germany and Japan to adopt the new technology policy. While policies to support domestic industry has traditionally focused on the market of the company, current trends revolve around the "science of business" - reforms in the national R & D system and targeted incentives for biotechnology researchers to file patents and start their own businesses. Japan, particular, acknowledged that overtake the U.S. in the field of basic research and commercialization of scientific research is a kind of the final frontier. "Hide
by All Lehrer, Kazuhiro Asakawa Source: California Management Review 23 pages. Publication Date: May 1, 2004. Prod. #: CMR284-PDF-ENG