Contents
- OGAWA,
K.
SHINTAKU, J.
YOSHIMOTO, T.
Architecture-based
Advantage of Firms and Nations: New Global Alliance between Japan and Catch-up
Countries
pp.
21-38 (550KB)
Competitive advantage of Japanese firms and
of catch-up countriesf firms has been discussed through the case study
on optical storage products. The dynamic change of product architecture
from integral to modular mode has brought out the latent potential of catch-up
countries. The more modular the architecture is, the larger the market
shares of catch-up countriesf firms and the smaller the market share of
Japanese firms are. The analysis shows that the competitive advantage/disadvantage
of the catch-up countriesf firms depends not on the direct labor cost but
on the overhead cost, in which the patent royalty accounts for the most
portions. Based on the contrastive position in the product architecture
and in the patent royalty, authors propose that Japan and the catch-up
countries promote the architecture-based global alliance for symbiotic
co-prosperity, in which the power of integral architecture and of modular
architecture are combined into one joint venture company.
Keyword:
competitive advantage, comparative advantage, product architecture,
technology diffusion, catch-up country, Chinese firm, global alliance,
patent royalty, intellectual property, optical storage, CD, DVD
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