Eurotechnology-Japan Report:
"R&D by Foreign Corporations in Japan"
Summary
This report gives a thorough overview of R&D by foreign companies in Japan bundled with hands-on advice for
companies planning, building, or refocusing technology R&D in Japan.
The author has been working in and with Japanese high-technology R&D since 1984, when he came first to Japan
to start up a European-Japanese R&D cooperation between the German Max-Planck-Institute and NTT Research and
development. The author has managed one of the Hitachi R&D labs, has build an international research lab
at Tokyo University and co-initiated a national Japanese R&D project in electronics. The report is based on
20 years of hands-on experience in R&D in Japan, together with many observations and systematic study.
This report is a useful tool for corporate managers planning, building or refocusing technology R&D in Japan.
Sample pages
samples pages of the report
Table of Contents
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Part 1: R&D by foreign corporations in Japan - An overview
1. Overview of Japan's R&D World
2.1 General
2.2 Traditional Companies
2.3 Young companies, venture companies, medium sized corporations
2.4 Government and national laboratories
2.5 Universities
2.6 Participation in public R&D programs by Foreign corporations
2.7 Trends and changes
3 Overview of foreign companies' R&D in Japan
3.1 General
3.2 Foreign Companies' R&D in Japan: numbers, budgets and quantitative
estimations
4. Listing and short description of a selection of foreign company's
R&D centers in Japan
4.1 General & Summary
4.2 Comments to our listing of foreign research laboratiories in Japan
4.3 Listing of foreign R&D centers in Japan (63 companies listed)
4.4 Observations
5. Some known issues for foreign companies doing R&D in Japan
5.1 Plan & Strategy
5.2 Human resources issues
5.3 Creativity
5.4 Communication
5.5 Intellectual Property
5.6 Finance
5.7 Participation in Japanese Public and Private Research Programs
5.8 Co-operation in Japanese Scientific Societies, standardization, and Industry
Associations
6. Case studies
6.1 Case study: German chemical giant
6.2 Case study: Foreign firm closes down R&D lab in Japan after short time
6.3 Case study: Personnel matters
6.4 Case study: European mobile communications equipment companies
7. Trends and recommendations
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Part 2: R&D in Japan - Making the most of it
(initially prepared for the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
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Part 3: R&D by foreign corporations in Japan - slides
1. Introduction
2. Overview of Japan's R&D world
3. Overview of foreign companies' R&D in Japan
4. Selection of foreign companies' R&D centers in Japan
5. Some known issues facing foreign companies doing R&D in Japan
6. Case studies
7. Trends and recommendations
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Part 4: New opportunities versus old mistakes: Foreign companies in Japans high-tech world
(Initially presented at Stanford University)
Executive Summary
1. Why is Japan important
- Japan's economy, size and comparisons
- Some important technologies come from Japan
2. "Old Japan" versus "New Japan"
- Education issues, human resources
- paralyzed organizations, lack of leadership
- communications
"Old Japan"-debunking some myths
- organizational issues
- Creativity, Nobel Prizes, Intellectual Property Trade Balance
- Patent issues
- human resource issues
- Factors which suffocate creativity in Japan's traditional institutions
3. Opportunities which never existed before
- conditions for inward investment
- M&A
- Internet, mobile internet
- European vs. US business in Japan
4. Typical mistakes of foreign corporations in Japan
- Overview
- Organizational issues
- Barriers within foreign companies
- Partnerships vs. going alone
- Some words regarding Joint-Ventures(JVs)
- High-technology cooperation
- R&D installations by US corporations in Japan
5. Summary
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