Comparing public funding approaches to the development and commercialization of care robots in the European Union and Japan.
Faced with ageing populations, escalating care needs, and growing shortages of care workers, Japanese and EU governments have pursued large, publicly-funded research projects to develop and commercialize care robots. Yet despite their global leadership in this field, Japan and the EU have rarely bee...
| Published in: | Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 499 - 515 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2024
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