Creating and sustaining competitiveness: an analysis of the Japanese robotics industry. (4th August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bowonder, B.; Miyake, T.
• Is Part Of: International journal of technology management. Volume 9:Number 5/6/7(1994)
• Page Start: 575
• Page End: 611
• Publication Date: 2014-08-04
• Subjects: Japan -- robotics industry -- robot applications -- competitiveness -- industrial robots -- user–manufacturer interaction -- globalisation -- alliances -- innovation -- functional integration; Technology -- Management -- Periodicals; 658.4062
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0267-5730

Abstract

Initially the major Japanese firms acquired their robotics technology from US firms. The Japanese firms have dynamically developed the competitiveness from then on through globalization, alliances and innovation. Their approach was to assess the generic skills needed for sustaining the competitiveness, and to develop these skills at the level of the firm. Functional integration helped the firms to learn and accumulate new skills faster than their competitors.