Despite its important role in the Indonesian economy, in overall, SOEs fail to report good performance. This paper discusses the SOEs technology activity, and how it influences SOEs' general performance. SOEs investment activity and technology activity reflected from their affiliation, number of product and business unit, are performing significant contribution on production output (revenue) and profit.

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China's ICT industry has become the dynamic source of China's economic growth in recent years. In the whole ICT industry there are some leading domestic companies are playing more and more significant role. In this paper 24 leading companies in China and 24 leading companies in Japan are selected to analyze the correlation between R&D activities and leadership in the ICT manufacturing industry. The reason that causes the difference will also be discussed.

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This paper evaluates output productivity growth convergence, using modified Barro regressions, of Japanese prefectures grouped in various regional industrial clusters for the period 2000-2003, with respect to seven manufacturing sectors. A specialization indicator is designed in order to develop the concept of cluster epicenters, and establish an empirical basis for grouping prefectures according to their deeds in each manufacturing sector. Results show that in the electrical and transport machinery sectors alternative prefectural arrangements would have been more adequate industrial clusters than traditional ones, during the period in question, for reducing output productivity growth dispersion in these two manufacturing sectors across Japan, which in turn could have catalyzed Japanese industrial revitalization.

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This paper discusses the technology management issues related to the 4 layers in the research innovation system, based on an empirical analysis in a high tech sector where changes are taking place in the S, T and M poles. This paper discusses the streamlined type of innovation trajectory and complex type of innovation trajectory.

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