2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the evolution and transfiguration of OEM companies in the global automobile industry.
| Project/Area Number |
23530487
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Business administration
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| Research Institution | Sapporo University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 経営戦略 / 生産システム / 開発システム / 人事労務 |
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| Research Abstract |
The focus of our research was on automobile contract manufacturers that are receiving orders from brand manufacturers like Toyota or Nissan for manufacturing cars, and that are conducting production under their control on their premises. Focusing specifically on the importance of these contract manufactures from a historical perspective as well as on the process of organizational capability formation, we pointed out what impact these contract manufacturers had on the development of the Japanese automobile industry.
In the case of Toyota, the company practiced a system of transfer of control over certain models on the basis of a fierce cost-quality competition between final car assemblers. So, by making use of inter-company competition amongst Toyota car assemblers, Toyota succeeded in increasing the organizational capabilities of these contract manufacturers. In the case of other assemblers, into which the contract manufacturer were integrated, was not that firmly established
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