2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The process of product development activities in an overseas subsidiary

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22830004
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	Kinki University (2011) Hokkaido University (2010)
Principal Investigator	TADA Kazumi 近畿大学, 経営学部, 講師 (50582805)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Keywords	国際経営 / 多国籍企業 / 海外子会社 / 製品開発
Research Abstract	The purpose of this research is to clarify the whole content of the process that progresses until the product development activity of an overseas subsidiary company generates a global result. I examined the following four points :(1) the influence of the elements of internal/external environmental factors on product development activities ;(2) the relationship among these elements ;(3) overseas subsidiary factors and (4) the results of their influence on product development activities and the overseas subsidiary's performance. The result of the case study and the comparison analysis suggests that i) the elements of internal/external environmental factors influence product development activities in an overseas subsidiary and its performance in several ways, ii) important factors of overseas subsidiary in product development activities.

(3 results)