Momaya, Kiarankumar and Ajitabh, Banwet and Shee, Himanshu
(2001)
Japanese Corporate Strategies To Achieve International
Competitiveness: A Case Of The Telecom Industry.
Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 6 (2).
pp. 1-15.
ISSN 1394-2603
Abstract
Japan, a competitiveness leader, for most of the 1970s and 1980s is at the crossroads.
Most of the 1990s, it remained in recession, and there are serious doubts about the
competitiveness of Japan and its leading industries. Telecom is a vital infrastructure
industry for emerging e-lance economy. An attempt was made to evaluate the
competitive performance of the Japanese telecom industry in an Asian context. The
strategies of Japanese firms to enhance their and their industry's competitiveness are
also briefly examined. The findings of an attempt to evaluate relative competitiveness
at the industry level in the context of the telecom industry in India, Japan and Korea are
presented here. Competitive analysis of the industry in three countries is done using the
Porter's Diamond model. Detailed evaluation is performed using an adaptation of
Asset-Process-Performance model. Then, an attempt is made to understand the role of
corporate strategy in the remarkable success of the Japanese industry. The strategies of
Korean firms and Indian firms are also compared briefly . Finally, conclusions are
drawn based on findings of the research
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