Industrial training and technological innovation : a comparative and historical study

Industrial Training and Technological Innovation: An Introduction 1. Industrial Training in Britain and Japan: An Overview 2. The Development of Engineering Education and Training in Britain and Japan 3. The Fashioning of Higher Technical Education in Britain: The Case of Manchester, 1851-1914 4. 'A Certain Short-sightedness': Metalworking, Innovation and Apprenticeship, 1897-1939 5. Japanese Technical Manpower in Industry, 1880-1930: A Quantitative Survey 6. The Education of Engineers in Modern Japan: An Historical Perspective 7. In-Firm Training at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard, 1884-1934 8. Technology and Labour in a Dual Economy: From Natural Rubber to Synthetic Resin 9. The Persistence of Apprenticeship in Britain and its Decline in the United States 10. Organisational capabilities in American industry: The Rise of and Decline of Managerial Capitalism