Competitive Advantages in the Scandinavian Design Industry : Empirical Analysis

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20530369
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	Kyoto Sangyo University
Principal Investigator	IMURA Naoe Kyoto Sangyo University, 経営学部, 准教授 (10367948)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	北欧家具 / デザイン産業 / 国際比較 / 知識移転 / 技能伝承 / 北欧デザイン / 熟練技術の伝承 / 家具産業 / デザインマネジメント / 北欧デザイン産業 / 組織間関係 / 伝統技術の継承 / デンマークミッドセンチュリー / 国際的競争力 / 知識ダイナミズム / 北欧 / デンマーク
Research Abstract	This research focused on competitive advantages in Scandinavian design industry. In this research, we studied on Danish furniture industry. Scandinavian furniture industry enjoys a good reputation in the global market, but the business model faces structural changes. One of the changes caused by the rise of IKEA, which developed affordable furniture based on the global strategy. The other changes are the knowledge transfer dynamism between designers and workshops, and the structural changes of the relationships between workshops and large furniture companies.