2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises and their impact on local economies and industries in Japan
| Project/Area Number |
26380512
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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 |
Management
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| Research Institution | Takasaki City University of Economics |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 国際経営 / 国際化 / 中小企業 / 外部資源 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have tried to explored the present situation of the internationalization process of Japanese SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), and how their activities affected the performance of local economies and industries in Japan.
We have found out that in order to complement their shortage of management resources, they have successfully utilized various supports from external organizations in home country, and corporative as well as reliable partnerships in foreign countries.
We have also uncovered that to some extends through their business activities, some of their foreign subsidiaries have acquired appropriate knowledge and skills from foreign operations and it in tern affected the activities of their headquarters’ activities.
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| Free Research Field |
国際経営
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