Building Competences in the Firm: Lessons from Japanese and European Optoelectronics

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Kumiko Miyazaki Christopher Freeman

Building Competences in the Firm

Lessons from Japanese and European Optoelectronics

Kumiko Miyazaki, Christopher Freeman

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
08 March 1995

Production & quality control management; Operational research; Hi-tech manufacturing industries

This book examines the dynamics of competence building process at the firm level in a sample of leading Japanese and European companies engaged in the field of optoelectronics. The concept was derived from the notion of firm specific competences which are closely related to the firm's intangible assets and accumulated technological bases. Several factors affect the rate and direction of competence building, chief among them being primary markets, top management strategy and the evolution of the R&D organization, and organizational learning. A novel technique is introduced to assess competences using three types of data on US patenting, scientific publications and qualitative interview data.

By: Kumiko Miyazaki
Foreword by: Christopher Freeman
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 581g
ISBN: 9780333616734
ISBN 10: 0333616731
Pages: 321
Publication Date: 08 March 1995
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword; C.Freeman - Introduction - The Concept of Competence Building - Optoelectronics: A Leading Core Technology - Building Optoelectronic Competence in Firms - Empirical Results: The Classification of Competencies - Learning, Interlinkages and Shifting Trajectories - Conclusions - Appendices - Bibliography