1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON ON ORGANIZATIONAL EXTERNALIZATION : FUJIDENKI,FUJITSU,FANUC AND SIEMENS
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04803010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
商学・経営学
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| Research Institution | HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
YONEKURA Seiichiro HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY,INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS RESEARCH,FACULTY OF COMMERCE,ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 商学部・附属産業経営研究施設, 助教授 (00158528)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1994
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| Keywords | International Comparative Business History / Spin-off / Small and Independent Organization / Multi Divisional Structure / Profit Oriented Strategy / Diversification / High-tech |
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| Research Abstract |
When we think Fuji Denki Corporation, the mother company of the computer giant Fujitsu and the robotics pioneer Fanuc, was established as a joint venture between Siemes and Furukawa Kogyo in 1923, we are astonished with the difference in speed and scale of diversifications that Fuji Denki and Siemens did.
Fuji Denki spun off Fujitsu in 1935, and Fujitsu spun off Fanuc in 1972. The main reason for those two companies' success in computer and robotics was that they were small and independent spun-offs. In the field of the high-tech industries where technologies and market needs rapidly change, the organizational structure must be flat and flexible. Adopting a multi-divisional structure, Siemens has been very slow at the growth in the high-tech industries such as computer and robotics.
The main reason was that Siemens tried to develop its computer business as a divisional unit and so that did not give enough independency and responsibilities. Siemens put a strong emphasis on its profit oriented strategy rather than on a growthoriented diversification.
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Research Products
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