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Management of Software Engineering Innovation in Japan

Author : Yasuo Kadono
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 4431556125
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Management of Software Engineering Innovation in Japan written by Yasuo Kadono and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses the achievements of the software engineering discipline as represented by IT vendors in Japan in order to deepen understanding of the mechanisms of how software engineering capabilities relate to IT vendors’ business performance and business environment from the perspective of innovation and engineering management. Based on the concepts of service science and science for society, the volume suggests how to improve the sophistication of services between the demand side, i.e., IT user companies, and the supply side, i.e., IT vendors, simultaneously. The author and his colleagues developed a structural model including innovational paths, such as service innovation, product innovation and process innovation, and a measurement model including the seven software engineering capabilities: deliverables, project management, quality assurance, process improvement, research and development, human resource development and customer contact. Then they designed research on software engineering excellence and administered it with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Information-Technology Promotion Agency. Through statistical analyses of the results, they found that human resource development and R&D are significant fundamental conditions to improve the quality of the deliverables and that IT firms with high levels of deliverables, derived from high levels of human resource development, quality assurance, project management and process improvement, tend to sustain high profitability. In addition, they developed a measurement model based on Porter’s five forces and Barney’s resource-based view. A regression tree analysis suggested that manufacturer spin-off vendors tend to expand business with well-resourced R&D, whereas user spin-off vendors tend to depend heavily on parent company demand.

Japan's Software Factories

Author : Michael A. Cusumano
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195362845
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Japan's Software Factories written by Michael A. Cusumano and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-03-07 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though Japan has successfully competed with U.S. companies in the manufacturing and marketing of computer hardware, it has been less successful in developing computer programs. This book contains the first detailed analysis of how Japanese firms have tried to redress this imbalance by applying their skills in engineering and production management to software development. Cusumano focuses on the creation of "software factories" in which large numbers of people are engaged in developing software in cooperative ways--i.e. individual programs are not developed in isolation but rather utilize portions of other programs already developed whenever possible, and then yield usable portions for other programs being written. Devoting chapters to working methods at System Developing Corp., Hitachi, Toshiba, NEC, and Fujitsu, and including a comparison of Japanese and U.S. software factories, Cusumano's book will be important reading for all people involved in software and computer technology, as well as those interested in Japanese business and corporate culture.

Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan

Author : Cornelius Herstatt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354031248X
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan by : Cornelius Herstatt

Download or read book Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan written by Cornelius Herstatt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Makes this Book Unique? No crystal ball is required to safely predict, that in the future – even more than in the past – mastered innovativeness will be a primary criterion distinguishing s- cessful from unsuccessful companies. At the latest since Michael Porter’s study on the competitiveness of nations, the same criterion holds even for the evaluation of entire countries and national economies. Despite the innumerable number of p- lications and recommendations on innovation, competitive innovativeness is still a rare competency. The latest publication of UNICE – the European Industry - ganization representing 20 million large, midsize and small companies – speaks a clear language: Europe qualifies to roughly 60% (70%) of the innovation strength of the US (Japan). The record unemployment in many EU countries does not c- tradict this message. A main reason may be given by the fact that becoming an innovative organi- tion means increased openness towards the new and more tolerance towards risks and failures, both challenging the inherently difficult management art of cultural change. Further, lacking innovativeness is often related to legal and fiscal barriers which rather hinder than foster innovative activities. Yet another reason to explain Europe’s notorious innovation gap refers to insufficient financial R&D resources on the company as well as on the national level. As a result, for example, hi- ranking decisions on the level of the European Commission are taken to increase R&D expenditures in the European Union from roughly 2% to 3% of GNP.

Innovative Approaches in Agent-Based Modelling and Business Intelligence

Author : Setsuya Kurahashi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811318492
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Book Synopsis Innovative Approaches in Agent-Based Modelling and Business Intelligence by : Setsuya Kurahashi

Download or read book Innovative Approaches in Agent-Based Modelling and Business Intelligence written by Setsuya Kurahashi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-08 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book thoroughly prepares intermediate-level readers for research in social science, organization studies, economics, finance, marketing science, and business science as complex adaptive systems. It presents the advantages of social simulation studies and business intelligence to those who are not familiar with the computational research approach, and offers experienced modelers various instructive examples of using agent-based modeling and business intelligence approaches to inspire their own work. In addition, the book discusses cutting-edge techniques for complex adaptive systems using their applications. To date, business science studies have focused only on data science and analyses of business problems. However, using these studies to enhance the capabilities of conventional techniques in the fields has not been investigated adequately. This book addresses managing the issues of societies, firms, and organizations to profit from interaction with agent-based modeling, human- and computer- mixed systems, and business intelligence approaches, an area that is fundamental for complex but bounded rational business environments. With detailed research by leading authors in the field, Innovative Approaches in Agent-Based Modelling and Business Intelligence inspires readers to join with other disciplines and extend the scope of the book with their own unique contributions. It also includes the common challenges encountered in computational social science and business science to enable researchers, students, and professionals to resolve their own problems.

Global Perspectives on Technological Innovation ~ VOL. 1

Author : Bing Ran
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623960606
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Global Perspectives on Technological Innovation ~ VOL. 1 written by Bing Ran and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing technological innovations and related policy and strategy issues have been a central focus of the new millennium. This book series presents an interdisciplinary scholarship and dialogue on the management of innovation and technological change in a global context from a variety of perspectives, including strategic, managerial, behavioral, and policy issues. Papers selected in this volume have four prominent themes: the wide spread interests and the global application of the technological innovation; the practicality of the research on technological innovation implementation to foster success and financial growth; the socio-technical challenges behind innovation and creativity that might outweigh the benefits; and the new principles/practices/perspectives on our understanding of the technological innovation. Contributed by prominent scholars and practitioners from around the world in innovation, management and policy area, this book will become a very useful read for anyone who is interested in learning the most contemporary perspectives on the subject.

Engineered in Japan

Author : Jeffrey K. Liker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195095553
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Engineered in Japan written by Jeffrey K. Liker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineered in Japan presents a unique and comprehensive examination of technology management in the most successful Japanese companies: unique in that all chapters go beyond superficial descriptions of stylized practices to look in depth at particular issues, often contradicting or qualifying the conventional wisdom; comprehensive in that it covers the entire technology life cycle from basic R&D, to development engineering, to manufacturing processes, to learning from the Japanese. Each chapter is based on original research by noted scholars in the field, and identifies technology management practices that have become a major source of competitive advantage for highly successful Japanese companies. Engineered in Japan documents the best practices from such companies as Toyota, Hitachi, Toshiba, and Nippondenso, and discusses how these technology management practices can be usefully adopted in other cultural contexts. Going beyond past observations, the authors all delve below the surface of Japanese management approaches. They look more closely than has been done before at how particular methods are applied, and they identify some new practices that have not yet been highlighted in books on Japanese methods. Presenting recent data that contradict some conventional thinking about U.S.-Japanese differences, they look at old techniques from a new perspective. "U.S. managers can perhaps learn more from the process of creation in Japan and the organizational structures that support innovation," say the editors in their introduction, "than from the particular approaches, tools, and technologies created." A running theme throughout the book is that Japanese managers and engineers tend to think in terms of systems, focusing not just on the parts but on the connections between them. Engineered in Japan is must reading for technology managers and engineers, along with anyone interested in Japanese business, engineering, and management.

Recovering from Success

Author : D. Hugh Whittaker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191538108
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Recovering from Success written by D. Hugh Whittaker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Japan fall from challenger to US hegemonic leadership in the high tech industries in the 1980s, to stumbling giant by the turn of the century? What is it doing about it? This book examines the challenges faced by Japan's high tech companies through successful emulation of some of their key practices by foreign competitors and the emergence of new competitive models linked to open innovation and modular production. High tech companies were slow to respond, relying at first on formulae which had worked in the past, but in a new environment, some of these traditional strengths had now become sources of weakness. Stability and success, moreover, had decreased their appetite for risk. Early in the new century, however, there were signs of a more concerted response, which opened up past practices to scrutiny, and modification through selective learning and adaptation of the new models. The 'MOT' (management of technology) movement provided a vehicle for this change. It was linked, in turn, to efforts to change the national innovation system, giving universities a more central role, and encouraging spin-offs and startups. The book features contributions from Japanese and Western scholars and practitioners who have distinctive insights into the nature of these challenges and responses, with substantial introductory and concluding chapters. The result is a highly accessible account of innovation, technology, and change management in the world's second largest economy.

Managing Innovation in Japan

Author : Chihiro Watanabe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540892729
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Managing Innovation in Japan written by Chihiro Watanabe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes highlights of the investigation of “An Elucidation of the Role of Institutional Systems in Characterizing Technology Development Trajectories – A Global Comparative Analysis of Manufacturing Technology and Information Te- nology in the Enhancement of Business Practice” supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scienti?c Research (S) by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology/Japan Society for Science Policy over the period 2002–2006. Background and objectives of the investigation are summarized as follows: (a) Japan ranks far below the level of the USA with respect to the development and utilization of information technology (IT) in the information society that emerged in the 1990s. (b) This can be attributed toa vicious cycle between Japan’s non-elastic institutions, insuf?cient utilization of the potential bene?ts of IT, and economic stagnation. (c) The source of such a vicious cycle can be derived from the fundamental d- ferences of the characterizing process of technology between manufacturing technology (MT) and IT during their diffusion processes. This investigation - tempted to elucidate this mechanism. Noteworthy ?ndings obtained include: (a) MT has been developed largely by the supply side and its functionality is - tablished during the stage of its supply to the market. In contrast, IT is strongly driven by the demand side and its functionality is created through diffusion in a self-propagating way. This contrast can be clearly observed in the dramatic advancement of Japan’s mobile phone industry in the late 1990s.

Innovation in Japan

Author : Keith Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317969197
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Innovation in Japan written by Keith Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese economy has made a remarkable recovery from the so-called ‘Lost Decade’ of the 1990s. This said, demographic trends suggest that Japan will have to show remarkable powers of innovation if it is to continue to prosper in the global economy. For, around the turn of the last century texts published by prominent strategy analysts such as Michael Porter and colleagues were asking whether Japan could continue to compete at all, and in answering this question they not only gained significant global attention, they also appeared to sound the death knell for strategic innovation in Japan. This collection helps put the record straight. It invites authors and editors of previous (Routledge) titles on the topic of ‘Innovation in Japan’ to reflect on how things have moved on – prominent scholars on Japanese innovation such as Martin Hemmert, Cornelia Storz, and Ruth Taplin, all of whom appear in this collection. It brings together fresh perspectives on Japanese-style innovation, from insiders and from outsiders, from scholars and from practitioners, all of whose combined contributions to this book update our understanding of how patterns of innovation in Japan are evolving and thus provide inspiration and guidance for managers and innovators worldwide.

Industrial Organisation and Innovation

Author : Salvatore Torrisi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781782541097
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Industrial Organisation and Innovation written by Salvatore Torrisi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides a systematic/quantitative analysis of the development of the software industry, the major growth industry in advanced economies. It presents the results of industry surveys, shedding light on differences in specialisation and performance of European and US software firms.

Progressive Trends in Knowledge and System-Based Science for Service Innovation

Author : Kosaka, Michitaka
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466646640
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Progressive Trends in Knowledge and System-Based Science for Service Innovation written by Kosaka, Michitaka and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific investigation in the service industry has produced a major effect on productivity and quality in order to lead to new services. With ever-evolving internet technologies and information environments, system science and knowledge science seem to be an effective tool for service innovation in the 21st century. Progressive Trends in Knowledge and System-Based Science for Service Innovation illustrates new approaches to service innovation and new methodologies from the knowledge science and system science perspectives. Practitioners and researchers interested in knowing more about practical theories and successful examples in service science will find this book to be a vital asset to their studies.

Innovations in Management

Author : Yasuhiro Monden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Innovations in Management written by Yasuhiro Monden and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Efficiency and Creativity of Product Development

Author : Fumihiko Ikuine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789811677441
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (774 download)

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Download or read book The Efficiency and Creativity of Product Development written by Fumihiko Ikuine and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book that comprehensively describes the history of the game software industry in Japan. A major objective here is to identify the key determinants of the emergence of the business, the maturing of the market, and the changes brought about by innovations, based on the history of the Japanese industry. To date, similar books have focused only on particular topics of the game software industry, such as the success of Nintendo and Sony and the uniqueness of the Japanese industry. There are no books that interpret the development process of this industry from the point of view of innovation. To fully understand the business and derive insightful lessons from it, however, requires a careful and thorough examination of its development process. Currently, many companies aim to improve efficiency by using information and communications technology (ICT), but it is difficult to maintain a balance between the pursuit of efficiency and the encouragement of creativity. In the case of Japan's game software industry, firms have pursued higher efficiency in product development to build competitive advantage, resulting in a low rate of radical innovation and causing the slow growth of the industry. In certain situations, the development activities that target the creation of new products may, in themselves, hinder the creation of truly new products. This book conceptualizes this phenomenon as a "development productivity dilemma" and clarifies the mechanisms behind it. The dilemma, like the productivity dilemma in the manufacturing industry, evokes a certain innovation pattern and prevents potential growth. Understanding the lessons from the game software business presented in this book, managers, researchers, and policymakers can gain insight into the mechanisms leading to industrial maturity and clues to avoid the development productivity dilemma.

Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development

Author : Bertrand Meyer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 354075542X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development written by Bertrand Meyer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-09-22 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the First International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development, SEAFOOD 2007, Zurich, Switzerland, in February 2007. The 15 revised full papers constitute a balanced mix of academic and industrial aspects and address topical regions such as processes, education, country reports, evaluation and assessment, communication and distribution, as well as tools.

Technology and Innovation in Japan

Author : Martin Hemmert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134653638
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Technology and Innovation in Japan written by Martin Hemmert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-08-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-awaited reforms in technology policy and corporate strategy are now taking place in Japan. This book asks whether it is the programme of reform or the will and ability to implement reforms which is new.

Competitiveness of the U.S. Software Industry

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Competitiveness of the U.S. Software Industry written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Product Focused Software Process Improvement

Author : Frank Bomarius
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540246592
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Product Focused Software Process Improvement written by Frank Bomarius and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-03-09 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On behalf of the PROFES organizing committee we are proud to present to you the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2004), held in Kansai Science City, Japan. Since 1999, PROFES has established itself as one of the recognized international process improvement conferences. In 2004 the conference left Europe for the first time and moved to Japan. Japan and its neighboring countries are intensifying their efforts to improve software engineering excellence, so it was a logical step to select Japan as the venue for PROFES 2004. The purpose of the conference is to bring to light the most recent findings and results in the area and to stimulate discussion between researchers, experienced professionals, and technology providers. The large number of participants coming from industry confirms that the conference provides a variety of up-to-date topics and tackles industry problems. The main theme of PROFES is professional software process improvement (SPI) motivated by product and service quality needs. SPI is facilitated by software process assessment, software measurement, process modeling, and technology transfer. It has become a practical tool for quality software engineering and management. The conference addresses both the solutions found in practice and the relevant research results from academia. This is reflected in the 41 full papers, which are a balanced mix of academic papers as well as industrial experience reports.