2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Designing model of holistic value chain based on environmental strategies of Japanese home appliance industries.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19730258
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	The University of Kitakyushu
Principal Investigator	TSUJII Hiroyuki The University of Kitakyushu, 基盤教育センターひびきの分室, 准教授 (20364143)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2010
Keywords	企業環境経営
Research Abstract	This research shows value-chain of Japanese home-appliance companies expands to the recycling business of 'urban mining' resources. It is realized by alliance activities between home-appliance companies and recycling companies. They are separated into two groups to carry out recycling businesses under the home-appliance recycling law of Japan. This research reveals there are performance gaps between those two groups. The reason of the performance gap brought out is explained by the difference of the technology development and transfer system. And some of these companies set up foreign subsidiaries as independent or joint-ventured while just small number of company transplanting its recycling technology rose through the business practice in Japanese domestic market. In the discussion above, the characteristics and problems of those extended value-chains are revealed. And an additional survey requires clarifying the meaning of those recycling business on the global business strategy of Japanese home-appliance companies.