Social Shaping of Technological Trajectories of Shinkansen

The Tokaido Shinkansen began operating in 1964 and ran at globally unprecedented speeds of more than 200 kmph. Comparison with the operating speed of aircraft necessitated further improvement of the operating speed of Shinkansen. Nevertheless, there was no improvement until 20 years. During that per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hiroki KIKUCHI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Business Research Center 2016-08-01
Series:Annals of Business Administrative Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/abas/15/4/15_0160605a/_pdf/-char/en