日本企業的創新策略之發展動向

The Development of Innovation Strategy in Japanese Enterprises

吳偉文(Wei-Wen Wu)

《東亞論壇》 453期 (2006/09) Pp. 53-63

摘要

豐田模式的經營方式，可以稱為是日本企業的優良典範；然而，討論日本企業的創新策略，若僅是侷限或停留在豐田模式的效應，則容易忽略最近日本企業的創新動向。因此本研究並不特別討論豐田模式，而是將探討的焦點範圍放在2003年以後的相關文獻，從而掌握與瞭解日本企業的創新策略之發展與課題。從研究結果得知，相對於「人本主義」類型，「產品結構」類型的論述比較抽象難懂，卻可鮮活地勾勒出典型日本企業的特徵。因此，除豐田模式的經營方式之外，「結構創新(Architectural Innovation)」理論有助於理解日本企業的創新策略之發展動向。

關鍵字

創新策略 ； 豐田模式 ； 結構創新

並列摘要

Toyota-style management is the outstanding paragon of Japanese enterprises. However, if we only focus on Toyota-style management when discussing innovation strategies of Japanese enterprises, then we are apt to neglect the most recent innovation tendencies of Japanese enterprises. Thus, this paper will not particularly deal with issues of Toyota-style management, but will make an effort to review relevant documents after 2003 in order to grasp and understand the development of innovation strategies of Japanese enterprises. The study result shows that the ”Humanism” type is more easily to understand, while the ”Product Architecture” type is better able to sketch the contours of the characteristics of typical Japanese enterprises, although it is more abstract and hard to understand. Therefore, along with Toyota-style management, ”Architectural Innovation” theory contributes to our understanding of the overall development tendency of Innovation strategy in Japanese enterprises.

並列關鍵字

Innovation strategy ； Toyota-style ； Architectural innovation

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