2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on Product Development Based on Interfirm Labor Division of Multiple-Platforms and Relevant Issues
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21530382
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Business administration
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| Research Institution | Yokohama National University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | プラットフォーム / ビジネス・エコシステム / 技術・製品開発 / 標準化 / 技術仕様と実装 / システム統合 / オープン化 |
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| Research Abstract |
The study explores product development and its issues under open inter-firm labor division. Drawing on the cases of mobile phones and car-electronics, the study shows that firms are required to accumulate system knowledge to integrate external multiple-platforms into products even though these multiple-platforms provided by specialized firms encourage product development implementation based on standardized technology specifications. The study also elucidates that firms each with different knowledge amount levels collectively shape the inter-firm labor division of technology exploration and exploitation for product development, and thereby finds multiple archetypes of firms' positioning strategies by the combination of firms' knowledge amount levels and exploration/exploitation activities.
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