Introduction -- 1 The dynamics of the global medtech industry -- 2 Formation of medtech big business -- 3 The lasting competitive advantage of US firms -- 4 Japan: From electronics to medical technology -- 5 Germany: Between Siemens and specialized medtech firms -- 6 Orthopedics SMEs and...

This book goes back to the origins of the transformation of health and medicine into a business, during the first part of the twentieth century, focusing on the example of Japan. In the past hundred years, medicine has gone from being a charitable activity to a large economic sector, amounting...