Organizational capability as a critical source of competitive advantage: Comparing Japanese, Chinese, and Korean development organizations

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26301019
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: TSURU Tsuyoshi 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (00155441)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 馬 駿 富山大学, 経済学部, 教授 (00303206) ; 徳丸 宜穂 名古屋工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (00387656) ; 西野 史子 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 准教授 (40386652) ; 尹 諒重 福岡工業大学, 社会環境学部, 准教授 (50585213) ; 中島 賢太郎 一橋大学, 商学研究科, 准教授 (60507698) ; 福澤 光啓 成蹊大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80572833)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 製品開発 / 組織能力 / 人材マネジメント / 競争優位 / 上流工程

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to analyze the content and performance outcomes of “organizational capability” as a critical source of competitive advantage in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean firms. Using a comprehensive questionnaire survey of 382 firms in manufacturing and software industries, this research empirically investigates the relationship between front-end product development practices and product development performance. The following results are obtained. Two independent variables, a larger number of sources of external information and stronger organizational cohesion (as measured by smoothness of communication), are both associated with greater provision of non-pecuniary incentives, which improve development outcomes in terms of QCD (quality, cost, and delivery), customer satisfaction, and sales.

Free Research Field

労働経済学