Leonard H. Lynn is Professor of Management Policy and Chair, Department of Marketing and Policy Studies at the Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He holds Ph.d. and M.A. degrees in Sociology from the University of Michigan and M.A. and B.A. degrees in East Asian Studies from the University of Oregon. He has published two books and about forty articles in the areas of technology management and policy in Japan, institutional environments for technological innovation, and technology transfer.