Competition and technology position: the case of China\u27s industrial robotics industry

Firms need to choose a competitive technology position relative to the choices of their competitors. Therefore, firms change their technological similarity with their competitors through differentiation and learning. Although many studies on similarity have been accumulated, most focus on knowledge spillover among similar industries or firms. Therefore, we propose a method for decomposing the direction of technology accumulation into differentiation and learning using the case of fast-growing Chinese robotics firms. We also show that as these firms have closed the gap with a Japanese first-mover firm’s technology position, they also have begun to accumulate their own technologies. In other words, the accumulation of basic technologies for a business can be a precondition for the accumulation of proprietary technologies. A firm’s technology position as its technology structure can show how new industries emerge and industrial structure changes at the firm level

共有価値創造のための事業の実践と能力―タイ王国の社会的企業の分析―

Supervisor:神田　陽治知識科学研究科博

RELATIONSHIPS AMONG COMPANY CHARACTERISTICS AND FINANCIAL STRATEGIC FACTORS TOWARDS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN THAILAND STOCK MARKET

This study investigated companies’ characteristics, especially the factors of growth, size and age comparing the financial strategies in funding their operations with their impact on the companies’ financial performance. Data from Thai manufacturing public companies listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand were analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling to identify significant effects among these relationships. The results show that certain company characteristics and financial strategic factors have an impact on each other and also with the company’s financial performance. This finding has implications for understanding the relationships among companies’ characteristics with their financial strategies and performances