This book, the result of an international research project, comprises a comprehensive comparison of three key countries. Adopting an institutional approach, with top level contributors, it analyzes political factors in conjunction with entrepreneurial ones.

Part 1: Introduction 1. Institutions and Learning in New Industries: An Introduction Part 2: Institutional Framework for ICT and Options for Political Governance - Japan, the United States and Germany in Comparison 2. Legacies of the Developmental State for Japan’s Information and Communication Industries 3. Institutional Framework and Competitiveness of the U.S. Telecommunications Market 4. Information and Communication Technologies in Germany: Is there a Remaining Role for Sector-Specific Regulations? 5. Private Solutions to Uncertainty in Japanese Electronic Commerce 6. Institutional Conditions for Achieving Effective Implementation of ICT 7. B2C E-commerce Dynamics in Germany: Do We Need a Different Regulatory Framework? Part 3: Industrial Organization, Enterprise Structure, and ICT: Japan, the United States, and Germany in Comparison 8. ICT and Corporate Structure: The Diffusion of E-commerce across Japanese Companies 9. The Rise and Fall of 'Wintelism': Manufacturing Strategies and Transnational Production Networks of U.S. Information Electronics Firms in the Pacific Rim 10. Open Innovation: Firms’ Novel Deployment of ICT in New Product Development 11. Competitive Advantage through Co-Evolution of Technology and Organization 12. Next Generation Information and Communication Technologies Deployment in Japan 13. Shaping Organizational Technology: ICT as a Learning Process