Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan

Abstract

Strategic Aspects: Designing the Product Architecture for High Appropriability: The Case of Canon.- Case Study Shimano: Market Creation Through Component Integration.- Invisible Dimensions of Innovation: Strategy for De-commoditization in the Japanese Electronics Industry.- The Customer System and New Product Development: The Material Supplier's Strategy in Japan. Process Aspects: The Japanese Know-Who Baded Model of Innovation Management - Reducing Risk at High Speed.- The Domestic Shaping of Japanese Innovations.- Exploiting 'Interface Capabilities' in Overseas Markets: Lessons from Japanese Mobile Phone Handset Manufacturers in the US.- 'Fuzzy front end' practices in innovating Japanese companies.- Implementing Process Innovation - The Case of the Toyota Production System. Organizational Aspects: Reorientation in Product Development for Multi-project Management: The Toyota Case.- Supplier's Involvement in New Product Development in the Japanese Auto Industry - A Case Study from a Product Architecture Perspective.- NPD-Process and Planning in Japanese Engineering Companies - Findings from an Interview Research. Cultural Aspects: Japanese New Product Advantage: A Comparative Examination.- Differences in the Internationalization of Industrial R&D in the Triad.- Global Innovation and Knowledge Flows in Japanese and Euopean Corporations.- Reducing Project Related Uncertainty in the 'Fuzzy Front End' of Innovation - A Comparison of German and Japanese Product Innovation Projects. Implementational Aspects: From Practice: IP Management in Japanese Companies.- MoT: from Academia to Management Practice - The MoT Implementation Case in a Traditional Japanese Company.