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Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n This paper examines two reasons why the development of airframes as a\u00a0national aircraft industry\u00a0have been met with more success in Brazil than in\u00a0Japan: First, Brazil’s aircraft industry was nurtured by a unified government\u00a0administrative structure while in Japan the same industry instead became a\u00a0victim of inter-ministerial battles. Second, the Brazilian government\u00a0nurtured a single specialized national-champion firm, Embraer (Empresa\u00a0Brasileira de Aeron\u00e1utica S.A.), while the Japanese government relied on\u00a0the traditional consortium approach that epitomizes most Japanese postWorld War II industrial ventures. While usually successful, the consortium\u00a0approach did not do as well to build a domestic aircraft industry in Japan.\u00a0Making airplanes turned out to be an exception in Japanese business partly\u00a0also because of the involvement of several government agencies at varying\u00a0levels. In other Japanese industries, such as steel, semiconductors, and\u00a0computers, a single ministry, the Ministry of International Trade and\u00a0Industries (MITI) had managed these consortiums relatively successfully.<\/p>\n Author’s bio<\/strong><\/p>\n Takashi Kanatsu (Ph.D., Columbia University 2002) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, U.S. His specialization includes high technology industrial developments and the role of government in East Asia and Latin America, political economy of developing countries, inter-regional comparative study of East Asian and Latin American politics, and the relation between democratization and economic development. He is the author of articles including \u201cThe Political Economy of Development in East Asia and Latin America\u201d (http:\/\/www.exeas.org\/resources\/political-economy-east-asia-latin-america.html) among others. His current research projects include \u201cChina\u2019s High-Tech Industry Catch-up: Which Path to take?\u201d, \u201cAircraft Industry Development: Implication of the Chinese Entry\u201d, \u201cStudy of Japanese-Colombians: A Journey from Safety to Danger\u201d, and \u201cCollective Memory and its effects on the Process of Democracy: South Korea and Colombia.\u201d He is also currently writing a book where he compares various high-tech industrial development experiences in East Asia and Latin America to elucidate the linkage between politics, industrial organizations, and high-tech industrial development.<\/p>\n Download\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Download full article (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vol. 2, No. 2 (2006): 1\u201327. Abstract This paper examines two reasons why the development of airframes as a\u00a0national aircraft industry\u00a0have been met with more success in Brazil than in\u00a0Japan: First, Brazil’s aircraft industry was nurtured by a unified government\u00a0administrative structure while in Japan the same industry instead became a\u00a0victim of inter-ministerial battles. Second, the … Continue reading