著者
バートニック ローマン 佐伯 靖雄
出版者
産業学会
雑誌
産業学会研究年報 (ISSN:09187162)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2016, no.31, pp.41-53, 2016 (Released:2017-04-03)
参考文献数
18

How do firms adapt to technological change? The ability of firms to sense and implement new technologies and configure new processes that match new requirements is central to competitive advantage (Teece, 2014). But how do firms perform these steps? We look at the development of electric motor technologies in Japanese and German firms to explore these issues. We find substantial variety in how firms approach this change: Some firms have outsourced their electric motor production to Tier1 specialists. Other firms have kept the knowledge completely in-house. Yet other firms cooperate or outsource selectively to avoid these extremes. We offer some propositions on how the individual firm p osition and general features of the German and Japanese supplier settings influence firm strategi es.
著者
佐伯 靖雄
出版者
アジア経営学会
雑誌
アジア経営研究 (ISSN:24242284)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.23, pp.45-57, 2017 (Released:2018-01-01)
参考文献数
14

In this paper, we describe a key strategy of local procurement for Japanese auto parts suppliers and discuss future story of that. The conclusions are below. Firstly, nowadays the key strategy of J-suppliers is given by themselves, not by their customers. They are going to construct competitiveness, mainly focused on COST, for their own subsidiaries. The figure of local content just indicates consequent of pursuing its strategy. Secondary, the concept of local content has changed recently. The more significant index is intraregional procurement compared to traditional local content. Moreover, we proposed that J-suppliers should increase business with regional enterprises than present days if they maintain a prosperity.
著者
佐伯 靖雄
出版者
産業学会
雑誌
産業学会研究年報 (ISSN:09187162)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2021, no.36, pp.59-76, 2021 (Released:2022-04-01)
参考文献数
15

The purpose of this study is to analyze various aspects of the business strategy of Tesla, a U.S. company specializing in complete electric vehicles, and to clarify its competitive advantage. In this study, we will clarify how the company has risen to the top of the world, albeit in a specific segment, in such a short period of time, and how this competitive advantage has been achieved. The following three points are conclusions. First, Tesla is very good at defining its business domain and then redefining it in a short period of time from there. Secondly, it is a super speedy management. And thirdly, although there is no denying that there is a strong element of genus, Tesla has been able to take full advantage of the corporate value of SpaceX, which is owned by Mr. Musk, the founder of the company. The maverick statements of Mr. Musk and his unique way of conducting business make Tesla a company that stands out in some ways. However, we would like to emphasize that the corporate behavior in pursuit of its business strategy is based on economic rationality, as evidenced by its excellent entry process and its sincere approach to engineering.