Annals of Business Administrative Science: Table of Contents
year month volume number pages author title key words
2011 December 10 1 1-10 WADA, Takeaki Exploitation reduces novelty: An empirical analysis of the Japanese video game industry  exploitation of know-how, novelty, Japanese video game industry
2011 December 10 2 11-20 TATSUMOTO, Hirofumi, OGAWA Koichi and SHINTAKU Junjiro Strategic standardization: Platform business and the effect on international division of labor consensus standard, antitrust law, open and closed areas, product architecture, platform business
2010 December 9 1 1-12 KISHI, Naoko
TAKAHASHI, Nobuo 
Licensing strategy of Japanese firms and competitive advantage  patent, licensing strategy, case study
2010 December 9 2 13-32 LI, Zejian Future international business strategy of Chinese automotive manufacturers: A case study on their overseas operations in the Russian market  international business strategy, Chinese automobile industry, overseas expansion, Chery, Russian market
2009 December 8 1 1-20 INAMIZU, Nobuyuki
WAKABAYASHI, Takahisa 
A new nodel of Japanese industrial districts combining supplier-side and purchaser-side logic economies of agglomeration, local markets for special skills, kouza
2009 December 8 2 21-42 LI, Zejian Analysis of the dynamic relationship between the emergence of independent Chinese automobile manufacturers and international technology transfer in China’s auto industry marketing, international business, multinational corporations (MNCs), technology transfer, Chinese automobile industry
2009 December 8 3 43-54 TOMITA, Junichi New Product Development and Evaluating Capabilities: The Case of the Material Industry new product development (NPD), organizational capabilities, evaluating capabilities, material industry
2009 December 8 4 55-74 KARLUARACHCHI, Samantha Padmasiri Successful TQM implementation in Sri Lankan public hospitals democratic communication by the CEO, Japanese 5S-based TQM activities, Sri Lankan cultural values, Sri Lankan public hospitals, TQM implementation
2009 December 8 5 75-90 YOSHIMOTO, Tetsuo Modularization, design optimization, and design rationalization: A case study of electronics products design optimization, design rationalization, design solutions, system control module
2008 December 7 1 1-18 FUKUZAWA, Mitsuhiro A generation-selection process of product architecture: A case of development of the firmware in digital MFP product architecture, firmware, digitalization, multi-functionalization, interdepartmental coordination, digital MFP
2008 December 7 2 19-32 KATSUMATA, Sotaro Estimating individual preferences in the music CD market customer relationship management, customer heterogeneity, hierarchical Bayes model
2008 December 7 3 33-44 WI, John H. Management of an online game development project online games, project management, indirect management, intrinsic teamwork
2007 December 6 1 1-14 KOSUGE, Ryusuke Internal effects of customer contact within service organizations:
Implications for developing a customer-oriented organizational culture
customer contact, customer orientation, subculture formation
2007 December 6 2 15-34 KONNO, Yoshinori Enhancement of the advanced R&D cooperation between automakers and suppliers in the Japanese automobile industry advanced research and development process, Japanese auto parts supplier system, long-term cooperative relationship
2007 December 6 3 35-70 YASUMOTO, Masanori
SHIU, Jing Ming
An investigation into collaborative novel technology adoption in vertical disintegration:
Interfirm development processes for system integration in the Japanese, Taiwanese, and Chinese mobile phone handset industries 
novel technology adoption, vertical disintegration, modularized development processes, technology platform, product design, system knowledge, system integration
2006 December 5 1 1-18 NAKAGAWA, Koichi How do firms compete when faced with architectural changes?:
Lessons from the optical storage media industry
product architecture, modularity trap, architectural knowledge, vertical integration, optical storage media, CD, DVD
2006 December 5 2 19-40 TAKAI, Ayako Competition and the formation of inter-firm differentiation following the dominant perception:
A case study of the online securities industry
online securities industry, internet business, innovation, dynamic capability-based view of the firm, action system theory
2006 December 5 3 41-66 MIYAZOE, Kenshi
Transfer of knowledge related to the management of department stores: research based on the "Buyers Manual" and "MD Notes" in Japan knowledge transfer, merchandising knowledge, transfer from abroad, transfer within the industry
2006 December 5 4 67-98 YASUMOTO, Masanori
Reconsidering novel technology introduction strategies:
Impacts of technology, design, and market attributes on 118 Japanese product development projects 
technology integration, separated technology development, product attributes
2005 July 4 3 21-38 OGAWA, Koichi
SHINTAKU, Junjiro
YOSHIMOTO, Tetsuo
Architecture-based Advantage of Firms and Nations: New Global Alliance between Japan and Catch-up Countries competitive advantage, comparative advantage, product architecture, technology diffusion, catch-up country, Chinese firm, global alliance, patent royalty, intellectual property, optical storage, CD, DVD
2005 April 4 2 9-20 KUWASHIMA, Kenichi
TAKAHASHI, Nobuo
TAMADA, Masaki
An analysis of organizing process of R&D projects: Multi-agent simulation and case study R&D, multi-agent simulation, HWCM
2005 January 4 1 1-8 SHINTAKU, Junjiro Sustainability of competitive advantage: Accumulated experience and discontinuous technological change discontinuous technological change, refraction of experience curve, color TV, homogeneous competitive behavior
2004 October 3 4 53-72 TAKAI, A.yako The early stage competition in the Japanese online securities industry: Research based on case studies of leading companies online securities industry, internet business, dominant perception
2004 October 3 4 73-84 KUWASHIMA, K.enichi A note on new product project selection model: Empirical analysis in Japanese chemical industry product development, project selection, chemical industry
2004 July 3 3 25-34 NOJIMA, Miho Classification of information on websites and perceived risk in online transactions online retailer, perceived risk, Click & Mortar, empirical study, Japan
2004 July 3 3 35-52 HELLER, Daniel A.
FUJIMOTO, Takahiro
Inter-firm learning in horizontal high-commitment alliances: Findings from two cases in the world auto industry capability-building competition, learning alliance, organizational capabilities 
2004 April 3 2 14-24 GE, Dongsheng.
FUJIMOTO, Takahiro
Quasi-open product architecture and technological lock-in:
An exploratory study on the Chinese motorcycle industry
quasi-open architecture, technological lock-in, supplier, motorcycle, China
2004 January 3 1 1-14 KU, Seung-Hwan  Exploring the causal model of 3D-CAD technology: Interfirm communication and product development performance in Japanese automobile parts industry 3D-CAD, product development, interfirm communication
2003 October 2 4 39-46 SHIMIZU, Takashi
TAKAHASHI, Nobuo
Note on complete proof of Axelrod's Theorem repeated prisoner's dilemma, Tit-For-Tat, cooperation
2003 July 2 3 29-38 MATSUMOTO, Wataru The clarification of the tacit knowledge to assess non-profit organization in Japan non-profit organization, organizational assessment, dicriminant analysis
2003 April 2 2 21-28 KUWASHIMA, Kenichi  Organizational capability and competitive advantage in pharmaceutical product development product development, organizational capability, pharmaceutical industry
2003 January 2 1 1-10 KONNO, Yoshinori Suppliers’ performance and parts transactions with customers Japanese automobile industry, parts transaction, supplier’s learning process
2003 January 2 1 11-20 MIYAZAKI, Masaya Inferring Competitors’ Intention:  content analysis, news release, inference of intention
2002 October 1 3 39-46 SHIMIZU, Takashi The longevity of the Japanese big businesses Longevity, Japanese big businesses, corporate systems
2002 October 1 3 47-56 FUJITA, Hideki The reproduction of Hofstede model Hofstede, dimensions of culture, factor analysis
2002 October 1 3 57-64 IGARI, Eijiro Learning process of core technology in sporting gun industry of Japan learning process, improvement in quality, competition and selection
2002 July 1 2 25-34 ANDO, Fumie The real relationship between organizational culture and organizational learning organizational learning, navigation map in the organization, paradoxical culture
2002 July 1 2 35-38 HELLER, Daniel A. Probing a 'prepared organization': Reading Takahiro Fujimoto's The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota, winner of the 2002 Japan Academy Prize capability building, organizational learning, system emergence
2002 April 1 1 1-8 TAKAHASHI, Nobuo The degree of self-determination and job satisfaction of white-collar workers in Japanese firms self-determination, job satisfaction, white-collar workers
2002 April 1 1 9-16 WI, John H. Organization strategy of established firms to adapt to a change in product architecture: Dynamic management of sub units inside an organization established firm, change in product architecture, management of sub units
2002 April 1 1 17-24 HELLER, Daniel A. Learning from a strategically allied firm: Incorporating a teaching perspective strategic alliance, inter-firm learning, competence acquisition