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Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Abstract; References; 2 Railway Engineers of the Japanese Empire and the Significance of Collaborative R&D Activities; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Engineers of the Ministry of Railways, South Manchuria Railway, and Colonial Government Railways; 2.2.1 Bureau of Manufacturing Within the Ministry of Railways; 2.2.2 JNR Research Institute of Railway Technology; 2.2.3 Manufacturing Division of South Manchuria Railway Company and Its Research Institute of Railway Technology; 2.2.4 Colonial Government Railways: Taiwan and Korea
2.3 Collaborative Research and Institutionalized Interactions Within Organizations2.3.1 Conference on Rolling Stock; 2.3.2 Technical Committee on Rolling Stock; 2.3.3 Study Group on Factory Practices; 2.4 Conclusion: Collaborative Research Project as a Measure for Technological Catching up; References; 3 Diversification and Convergence: The Development of Locomotive Technology in Meiji Japan; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Transfer of Technology; 3.3 Technological Independence and Diversification; 3.3.1 Technological Independence of the Imperial Government Railways
3.3.2 Acquisition of Locomotive Technology by Private Railways3.3.3 Diversification of Locomotives; 3.4 Convergence of Technology; 3.4.1 Starting Points for Standardization; 3.4.2 Nationalization and Convergence of Locomotive Technology; 3.5 Development of Original Japanese Technology; 3.5.1 Seeking Models for Domestic Production; 3.5.2 Toward Domestic Manufacture of Locomotives; 3.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Railway Technology of South Manchuria Railway and Workers in China; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Establishment of the SMR and Introduction of New Technology
4.3 Technology Accumulation and Self-development4.4 Management of All Manchurian Railways and Technology Diffusion; 4.5 Wartime Type of Technology and Its Post-war Historical Limits; 4.6 Conclusion; References; 5 Innovation in Power Sources for Taiwan's Railways in the Period of US Aid (1950-1965); Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 US-Aid Operation and TRA Development; 5.2.1 Roles of American Consulting Companies and TRA American Advisors; 5.2.2 American and Japanese Railway Fact-Finding Delegation in 1953; 5.2.3 US Aid and TRA Development
5.3 The Partial Dieselization Policy and Its Forerunner Policies: Diesel-Powered Cars5.3.1 From the Argument Regarding Dieselization and Electrification to Partial Dieselization Policy; 5.3.2 Dieselization Harbinger-Diesel-Powered Cars; 5.4 The Innovation of Locomotives; 5.4.1 From Maintenance to Expansion; 5.4.2 Diesel-Powered Locomotive Procurement; 5.4.3 Power Source Innovation Synergy; 5.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 6 A Comparison of Railway Nationalization Between Two Empires: Germany and Japan; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction
2.3 Collaborative Research and Institutionalized Interactions Within Organizations2.3.1 Conference on Rolling Stock; 2.3.2 Technical Committee on Rolling Stock; 2.3.3 Study Group on Factory Practices; 2.4 Conclusion: Collaborative Research Project as a Measure for Technological Catching up; References; 3 Diversification and Convergence: The Development of Locomotive Technology in Meiji Japan; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Transfer of Technology; 3.3 Technological Independence and Diversification; 3.3.1 Technological Independence of the Imperial Government Railways
3.3.2 Acquisition of Locomotive Technology by Private Railways3.3.3 Diversification of Locomotives; 3.4 Convergence of Technology; 3.4.1 Starting Points for Standardization; 3.4.2 Nationalization and Convergence of Locomotive Technology; 3.5 Development of Original Japanese Technology; 3.5.1 Seeking Models for Domestic Production; 3.5.2 Toward Domestic Manufacture of Locomotives; 3.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Railway Technology of South Manchuria Railway and Workers in China; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Establishment of the SMR and Introduction of New Technology
4.3 Technology Accumulation and Self-development4.4 Management of All Manchurian Railways and Technology Diffusion; 4.5 Wartime Type of Technology and Its Post-war Historical Limits; 4.6 Conclusion; References; 5 Innovation in Power Sources for Taiwan's Railways in the Period of US Aid (1950-1965); Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 US-Aid Operation and TRA Development; 5.2.1 Roles of American Consulting Companies and TRA American Advisors; 5.2.2 American and Japanese Railway Fact-Finding Delegation in 1953; 5.2.3 US Aid and TRA Development
5.3 The Partial Dieselization Policy and Its Forerunner Policies: Diesel-Powered Cars5.3.1 From the Argument Regarding Dieselization and Electrification to Partial Dieselization Policy; 5.3.2 Dieselization Harbinger-Diesel-Powered Cars; 5.4 The Innovation of Locomotives; 5.4.1 From Maintenance to Expansion; 5.4.2 Diesel-Powered Locomotive Procurement; 5.4.3 Power Source Innovation Synergy; 5.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 6 A Comparison of Railway Nationalization Between Two Empires: Germany and Japan; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction