Through technology leverage and risk avoidance
by Yoshio Sugasawa, Takeshi Shinomiya
International Journal of Learning and Change (IJLC), Vol. 4, No. 4, 2010

Abstract: Companies make concerted efforts to survive in a radically changing global society with the advent of a highly-networked and information-rich society that is featured by intense market competition. Manufacturing industries in particular have a tendency to rely on technological development strengths as a means of survival in a highly globalised and competitive environment. In this process, technological differentiation among competitors is essential to stay ahead of other competing firms through the use of technological development strengths that either propelled them to win, lose or just survive in this competitive environment. Creating and sustaining technological and developmental capabilities require considerable investment in both time and money. In recent times, there has been an escalation of costs of research, development, manufacturing technology and manufacturing facilities. In this paper, the internal and external environment for research and development capability improvement in the Japanese manufacturing industries in the early 2000s are analysed to ascertain the factors of changes that influence research and technological capability.

Online publication date: Wed, 02-Mar-2011

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