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Tables of Contents for The Company of the Future
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
General Framework and Concepts
1
48
Hans G. Danielmeyer
Angelo Airaghi
Introduction
2
1
The Development Phases of Industry
3
2
World Economics and Corporate Growth
5
15
Conceptual Background for the Three Basic Growth Processes
6
6
The Consumer Markets of the Company of the Future
12
3
The Investment Goods Market of the Company of the Future
15
1
Employment and the Upper Critical Point
16
2
Outlook
18
2
General Strategy, Relevant Knowledge, and Corporate Structure
20
4
The Production Function of R&D
24
5
The Value-Added Diagram
25
1
The Production Function of R&D
26
3
Innovation and Key Components
29
5
Key Components
29
1
Product and Marketing Strategy
30
1
Continuous Accounting and Control
31
2
Risk and Reward Portfolio
33
1
Creativity and Accountability
34
3
The Synthesis of Cultures
34
1
Research for Services
35
1
The Human Element
36
1
Creativity and Remuneration
37
1
Role and Organization of R&D
37
4
The Size of R&D
37
1
The Distribution between Corporate and Divisional R&D
38
1
R&D Supervision
39
1
Core Technology Focus
40
1
Innovation Centres
40
1
Management of Knowledge and Integration of Concepts
41
4
Inventory of Tools and Management of Change
41
2
The Core Business Concept and Management of Knowledge
43
1
Soft Assets
44
1
Communication and Change
45
2
The Basic Asymmetry
45
1
The Example of Nature
46
1
Conclusions and Recommendations
47
2
References
48
1
Research in the Company of the Future
49
42
Klaus Brockhoff
Some Difficult Questions
50
3
Characteristics of Research
53
8
Problems of Definition
53
3
Relevance and Transferability of Research Results
56
2
Risks of Research
58
2
Specific Benefits from Research
60
1
Reasons for Research
61
6
Research as a Source of Future Potentials
67
5
Research Potentials and Project Funding Decisions
72
8
On Property Rights and Project Potentials
80
1
Relative Share of Research in Relation to its Potentials
81
6
Mandatory Research
82
1
Mandatory Research and Transfer Cost
83
1
Supportive Research
84
1
Tests of the Basic Relationships
85
2
Conclusions and Recommendations
87
4
References
87
2
Appendix
89
2
Empirical Results on Research Elasticities and on the Integration of Industrial Research with the Scientific in Europe and Japan
91
26
Justus Bardenhewer
Research Elasticities
92
6
Study Design
92
1
Results
93
3
Integration in a Model
96
2
Integration of Industrial Research with the Scientific Environment
98
15
Problem Definition
98
1
The Relevance of External Knowledge
99
2
Relevance of Internal Capability for Understanding External Knowledge
101
2
Dynamic Changes in Public Research
103
1
Dissemination of Research Results Internally and Externally
104
6
Relationships between Success Factors in Research
110
3
Conclusions and Recommendations
113
4
References
115
2
The System Company
117
24
Luigi Paganetto
Definition of a System Company
118
1
Technology Management within a System Company
119
5
System Integration
124
2
Some Examples of System Companies
126
9
Decisions within SC Management
135
2
The Changing Boundaries of a System Company
137
1
Conclusions and Recommendations
138
3
References
139
2
Technology Management in the `Company of the Future'
141
22
Yasutsugu Takeda
Introduction
142
1
Mission of the Company of the Future in the 21st Century
143
4
Key Management Indices and their Optimum Balance
147
3
Resource Allocation for R&D Activities
150
2
Strategies for Technology Management (1): Phase Management of a Product Life Cycle
152
2
Strategies for Technology Management (2): Determination of Project Priorities
154
1
Management of a Global Company
155
2
Conclusions and Recommendations
157
6
References
159
1
Appendix
159
4
Global Strategies and the Role of Research
163
14
Tsuneo Nakahara
Global Strategies
164
4
Competitive Position
164
2
The Role of Governments
166
1
Growth through Innovation vs Acquisition: Japan's Case
167
1
Capitalisation of Intellectual Property, Research, and Development
168
4
Historical and Legal Differences
168
2
Capitalisation and the Shareholder's Value of Research and Development
170
2
The Example of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
172
2
On the Management of R&D
172
1
The Future of Sumitomo Electric
173
1
Conclusions and Recommendations
174
3
Reference
175
2
Accountability of Technology
177
40
Manfred Perlitz
The Need for New Accounting Systems
178
2
Current Accounting Practices for R&D
180
9
Status of R&D Budgeting in the West
180
3
Current Budgeting Techniques Used in Japan
183
2
Accounting-Based Performance Evaluation and Financial Ratio Systems
185
4
A New Approach to Technology-Oriented Accounting: The Flexible Innovation Accounting System (FIAS)
189
14
Other New Approaches to Technology-Oriented Accounting
203
11
Goal Oriented Performance Evaluation (GOPE)
203
5
Process-oriented Cost Accounting in R&D (ProCoRD)
208
6
Conclusions and Recommendations
214
3
References
214
3
List of Recommended Tools for the Company of the Future
217
2
Some Abbreviations and Acronyms
219
2
Authors
221
3
Authors' Addresses
224
1
Index
225