Corporate Strategy in Japanese High-Tech Industries

Abstract

In the modern high-tech industries, the mutual relationship between technological development and
Business performance is extremely important. Some Japanese high-tech companies intend to make an impact
on the technological circumstances, and introduce a new currency of technology and a market.
A high-tech company typically makes use of two different types of logic. The first logic is that of science
or technology. The second logic is the logic of business. The logic of science or technology refers to the cause
and effect chain of natural science or engineering. The business logic is concerned with ways of obtaining
and increasing profits or market share.
These two different types of logic bring about some difficult problems. For example, a radical new high
technology cannot always create a new market. Therefore companies must adopt well-balanced resource
allocation between technological and marketing development.
Japanese high-tech companies attempt to resolve this serious contradiction by organizational means. In
order to analyze their behaviour, the concept of strategy is very important. Further the classification of the
technological innovations under specific type is extremely useful in understanding the strategy of technological
innovation.