YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi's scientific contributions

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In the process of economic growth, changes of industrial structure play an important role. According to Aoki and Yoshikawa (2002), the asymmetry exists between "old" industries and "new" industries depending on different growth rates of demand. When new goods or new sectors are created, demand rapidly grows initially, but eventually hits a ceiling...

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... After the mid-1970s, automotive industries also contributed to the economic growth in Japan. The electronic machinery sector, with a focus on semiconductors, soon followed as a prime driver of the country's economic boom (Yoshikawa and Miyagawa, 2009). During these times, Japanese manufacturing firms such as Toyota, Honda and Sony achieved worldwide renown for the superior quality of their products, which also remarkably elevated the Japanese economy. ...