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Research & Development in the Telecommunication Industry in Prewar Japan
This study examines the technological development of
automatic telephone switchboard to clarify the problems of telephone system in prewar Japan. The authors argue that awareness of the countrys technological backwardness and the importance of standardization by independent technology was the starting point for the research and development system of the telecommunication industry in Postwar Japan.
Link
http://www2.econ.osaka-u.ac.jp/library/global/dp/0623.pdf