2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative analysis of product architecture and human resource management in East Asian Firms
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22402020
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MORISHIMA Motohiro 一橋大学, 大学院商学研究科, 教授 (60230116)
NISHINO Fumiko 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 准教授 (40386652)
MA Jun 富山大学, 経済学部, 教授 (00303206)
TOKUMARU Norio 名古屋工業大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (00387656)
YUN Yangjoong 名古屋商科大学, 経営学部, 講師 (50585213)
FUKUZAWA Mitsuhiro 成蹊大学, 経済学部, 講師 (80572833)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2013-03-31
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| Keywords | 製品アーキテクチャ / 製品開発組織 / 人材マネジメント / 開発パフォーマンス |
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| Research Abstract |
This research examines the relationship between product development and human resource management (HRM) practices in Japan, Korea, and China. We first posit the following three hypotheses: (1) Firms strategically choose their product architecture, taking into account factors such as internal management resources and external product market conditions; (2) Firms strategically choose their organizational design for product development reflecting their choice of product architecture; (3) There is a complementary relationship between the chosen product architecture on the one hand and HRM practices on the other. Next, we present our findings from case studies, focusing on firms making the same products (cellular phones, liquid crystal televisions, and information systems), followed by an analysis of the data obtained through a questionnaire survey of firms in the manufacturing and software industries in the three countries. Our findings generally support the three hypotheses.
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