Title: Desirable technology intelligence with a new value chain – focus on the Japanese electronics industry

Authors: Yoshio Sugasawa, Fumiyuki Takahashi

Addresses: Nihon University Graduate School of Business, 4–8–24 Kudan Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102–8275, Japan. ' NEC Electronics Corporation, 1753, Shimonumabe, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211–8668, Japan

Abstract: This research analyses the |value network|, a new cross-industry and cross-company value chain, using case studies from the electronics industry, which show the evolution of business models about structural changes in value chains and customer value creation. Furthermore, this research also examined how elements that are regarded as important in the definition of technology are incorporated into superior value chains. Consequently, an attempt is made to paradoxically verify the important role played by a series of concepts and processes related to Technology Intelligence (TI) in building a new value chain.

Keywords: value chains; value chain networks; customer value; technology intelligence; competitive technical intelligence; Japan; electronics industry; business models; value creation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTIP.2006.011706

International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, 2006 Vol.2 No.4, pp.344 - 359

Published online: 16 Dec 2006 *

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