Some characterization of R&D based venture firms in Japan-new styles of management

Author

Yoshikawa, Tomomichi

Author_Institution

Fac. of Econ. & Bus. Adm., Yokohama City Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

In Japan, especially after the 1990s, a large number of R&D based small venture firms have been newly established. This new type of firm is quite different from traditional small and medium enterprises (SMEs). They do not produce their product, rather they are developing new products based on product technology. The authors have interviewed more than forty R&D based venture firms, and analyzed their characterizations and behaviors. They observed that, in Japan, there are two different kinds of innovations-process innovation and product innovation

Keywords

commerce; product development; research and development management; Japan; R&D based venture firms; corporate characterization; management styles; new product development; process innovation; product innovation; product technology; Continuous improvement; Continuous production; Costs; Lean production; Manufacturing industries; Product development; Production systems; Research and development; Research and development management; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-02-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1999.808102

Filename

808102