Restructuring Japanese R&D system after World War 2

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23730329
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic history
• Research Institution: Toyo University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAJIMA Yuki 東洋大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (50314349)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 日本経営史 / 科学技術史 / 戦後改革 / 技術移転 / PBレポート

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project has explored a history of Japanese R&D system and evaluated the impact of the post War World 2 restructuring process on the Japanese technological development. During the war, Japan was isolated from the international academic circle, therefore its scientific and technological level had fallen far behind advanced countries. After the war, Japanese engineers took any steps to obtain the latest information on science and technology. Among them, technical reports which was called as PB reports by Japanese engineers seemed have played very important role. This research project has successfully found a lot of historical documents on the topic and assessed their impact on formulating Japan's technological competitiveness.

Free Research Field

近現代日本経済史・経営史