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Japanese Technology and Innovation Management: From Know-How to Know-Who - Rilegato

Harryson, Sigvald

 
9781858987682: Japanese Technology and Innovation Management: From Know-How to Know-Who
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ISBN 10: 1858987687 ISBN 13: 9781858987682
Casa editrice: Edward Elgar Pub, 1998

Sinossi

Many companies today are unable to respond fast enough to market shifts because they have concentrated too much on making technology more specialized to their own needs, hoping that this will preserve their competitive edge. Unfortunately, this has actually left many R&D staff short of the cross-functional skills they need to enable large projects to work.

This innovative and original book, written by a leading management consultant, addresses these concerns and provides new insights into the theories and practices of innovation management. Ultimately, this book argues, the innovation process is no longer limited to 'know-how' but depends instead on 'know-who'. For companies to remain competitive and respond to market shifts, they must change their focus from internal specialization to learning through relationships. Three in-depth case studies from Canon, Sony and Toyota demonstrate the intracorporate benefits of external collaboration. This book provides concrete examples on how these companies use the principles of open sharing ideas, technologies and human resources; and performance measurement systems that reward cooperation and collective achievements. More importantly, it links the Japanese 'learning through know-who principle' with these practices in order to explain the high R&D performance, reduced development lead-times and improved overall competitiveness of these three firms.

This book will be of great interest to business managers, international scholars of R&D and innovation and postgraduate students taking courses in technology and innovation.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Sigvald J. Harryson, Founding MD, Harryson Consulting with offices in Switzerland and Sweden, Visiting Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Director, International Partnerships, Lund University, Sweden

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Editore
Edward Elgar Pub
Data di pubblicazione
1998
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1858987687
ISBN 13 
9781858987682
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
255
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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