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Papers by Mitsuru Kodama
Developing Boundaries Knowledge for Innovation, 2020
Managing IT for Innovation, 2021
Developing Holistic Strategic Management in the Advanced ICT Era, 2019
Applying innovation theory and capability theory, this book offers a new concept and framework th... more Applying innovation theory and capability theory, this book offers a new concept and framework through a systems theory lens on the issue of how companies can evolve capabilities that will achieve strategic innovation (SI) in response to the impacts of advanced ICT on corporate management, and provides new knowledge through in-depth case studies and qualitative empirical studies of global corporations.This chapter presents new implications and future research issues which the concepts and frameworks presented in this book raise in regard to systems theory and strategic management.
In the current business environment of uncertainty, indeterminacy, complexity, insecurity, and am... more In the current business environment of uncertainty, indeterminacy, complexity, insecurity, and ambiguity, practitioners must develop sensible judgment through their experience in decision-making and, guided by values and morals, they must take action based on actual circumstances. Leadership demonstrated in this way has been described as holistic leadership in this book, and the underlying thought and behavior of this leadership is practical wisdom. Practical wisdom is a concept advocated by Aristotle and its importance remains as relevant today as it was in ancient Greece. This final chapter will briefly review the sources of practical wisdom and holistic leadership discussed thus far.
Knowledge Integration Dynamics, 2011
Developing Boundaries Knowledge for Innovation, 2020
Management System for Strategic Innovation
Strategic innovation dynamically brings about strategic positioning through new products, service... more Strategic innovation dynamically brings about strategic positioning through new products, services and business models, and is a dynamic view of strategy that enables a corporation to maintain its competitive advantage and establish sustainable growth. For these reasons, corporations have to be innovators that can reinforce their existing positions through incremental innovation, while at the same time constantly renewing or destroying existing business through radical innovation. This book presents a holistic theoretical model, The Strategic Innovation System, as a system of capabilities for companies to achieve strategic innovation. As a subsystem of the Strategic Innovation System, this book presents the concept of the "Capabilities Building Map", which has characteristics of four different capabilities that correspond to the elements of speed of changes and uncertainty in the environment faced by companies. It explores how companies can change and even evolve their capabilities to achieve strategic innovation, using the latest findings of the systems-view, the process-view, and dynamic capabilities-view. The author evaluates management systems that achieve sustainable strategic innovation by utilizing knowledge assets inside and outside of organizations, including those of leaders, rather than simply relying on leaders with strong will. This book will primarily appeal to academics, researchers, and graduate students interested in innovation and technology management, digital transformation as well as strategic management and strategy planning and a broader business audience.
Project-Based Organization in the Knowledge-Based Society, 2007
Managing IT for Innovation, 2021
Managing IT for Innovation, 2021
Competing through ICT Capability, 2013
With the developments in ICT of recent years, collaborative ICT tools, including television and w... more With the developments in ICT of recent years, collaborative ICT tools, including television and web conferencing systems, videophone and chat applications, are spreading in popularity all over the world, thanks to the development of the two core video communications and broadband network technologies as the platform. Video communications functions are included with the Apple FaceTime app, and in social networking services such as Facebook and Google+. No longer limited to the business-to-business and business-to-customer spheres, these tools are now also widely used by customers (C2C—customer to customer) to communicate with each other. Business, education, health care and welfare services are especially becoming more readily available and more widely used through broadband services that offer these new and interactive video communication systems. Not only do these broadband videos systems faithfully transmit video data, but are also a means for individual self-expression, and thus hold the promise of applications in education, health care and social services, and even convergence with art forms. They have long been in focus in the domain of developing technologies for their high potential as communications for companies, in families and between individuals, and are widely expected to enable new virtual businesses to emerge in the future.
Competing through ICT Capability, 2012
Now and into the future, proactive ICT use will become even more necessary as a competitive busin... more Now and into the future, proactive ICT use will become even more necessary as a competitive business tool to bring more efficiency, improve production and management, and invigorate organizations in the fierce business environments of modern times. The e-businesses using broadband capabilities and the more efficient business processes and operations within and between companies of recent years are representative of this proactive ICT use, and investing in development or implementation and application of ICT to gain more efficiency and create new network businesses is a major issue that many modern companies face, while ICT continues to bring benefits and advantages to companies. For example, according to existing research, ICT may increase product quality (Thatcher and Pingry, 2004), improve workflow (Buhler and Vidal, 2005), enhance a company’s flexibility to respond to customer needs (Gunasekaran and Ngai, 2004) and improve communication between a company and its customers and suppliers (Fiala, 2005). However, it should be noted here that the ICT hardware does not in itself give a company a competitive advantage (e.g. Clemons and Row, 1991; Porter, 1991, 2001; Mata, Fuerst and Barney, 1995; Barney, Wright and Ketchen Jr., 2001; Carr, 2003, 2004). This is because ICT has an intrinsic relationship with corporate strategy and organizational mechanisms.
Competing through ICT Capability, 2012
This chapter focuses on the organizational structures in businesses, their office spaces and the ... more This chapter focuses on the organizational structures in businesses, their office spaces and the effects of ICT design on the formation of cross-organizational teams and human behavior.
Developing Boundaries Knowledge for Innovation, 2020
Managing IT for Innovation, 2021
Developing Holistic Strategic Management in the Advanced ICT Era, 2019
Applying innovation theory and capability theory, this book offers a new concept and framework th... more Applying innovation theory and capability theory, this book offers a new concept and framework through a systems theory lens on the issue of how companies can evolve capabilities that will achieve strategic innovation (SI) in response to the impacts of advanced ICT on corporate management, and provides new knowledge through in-depth case studies and qualitative empirical studies of global corporations.This chapter presents new implications and future research issues which the concepts and frameworks presented in this book raise in regard to systems theory and strategic management.
In the current business environment of uncertainty, indeterminacy, complexity, insecurity, and am... more In the current business environment of uncertainty, indeterminacy, complexity, insecurity, and ambiguity, practitioners must develop sensible judgment through their experience in decision-making and, guided by values and morals, they must take action based on actual circumstances. Leadership demonstrated in this way has been described as holistic leadership in this book, and the underlying thought and behavior of this leadership is practical wisdom. Practical wisdom is a concept advocated by Aristotle and its importance remains as relevant today as it was in ancient Greece. This final chapter will briefly review the sources of practical wisdom and holistic leadership discussed thus far.
Knowledge Integration Dynamics, 2011
Developing Boundaries Knowledge for Innovation, 2020
Management System for Strategic Innovation
Strategic innovation dynamically brings about strategic positioning through new products, service... more Strategic innovation dynamically brings about strategic positioning through new products, services and business models, and is a dynamic view of strategy that enables a corporation to maintain its competitive advantage and establish sustainable growth. For these reasons, corporations have to be innovators that can reinforce their existing positions through incremental innovation, while at the same time constantly renewing or destroying existing business through radical innovation. This book presents a holistic theoretical model, The Strategic Innovation System, as a system of capabilities for companies to achieve strategic innovation. As a subsystem of the Strategic Innovation System, this book presents the concept of the "Capabilities Building Map", which has characteristics of four different capabilities that correspond to the elements of speed of changes and uncertainty in the environment faced by companies. It explores how companies can change and even evolve their capabilities to achieve strategic innovation, using the latest findings of the systems-view, the process-view, and dynamic capabilities-view. The author evaluates management systems that achieve sustainable strategic innovation by utilizing knowledge assets inside and outside of organizations, including those of leaders, rather than simply relying on leaders with strong will. This book will primarily appeal to academics, researchers, and graduate students interested in innovation and technology management, digital transformation as well as strategic management and strategy planning and a broader business audience.
Project-Based Organization in the Knowledge-Based Society, 2007
Managing IT for Innovation, 2021
Managing IT for Innovation, 2021
Competing through ICT Capability, 2013
With the developments in ICT of recent years, collaborative ICT tools, including television and w... more With the developments in ICT of recent years, collaborative ICT tools, including television and web conferencing systems, videophone and chat applications, are spreading in popularity all over the world, thanks to the development of the two core video communications and broadband network technologies as the platform. Video communications functions are included with the Apple FaceTime app, and in social networking services such as Facebook and Google+. No longer limited to the business-to-business and business-to-customer spheres, these tools are now also widely used by customers (C2C—customer to customer) to communicate with each other. Business, education, health care and welfare services are especially becoming more readily available and more widely used through broadband services that offer these new and interactive video communication systems. Not only do these broadband videos systems faithfully transmit video data, but are also a means for individual self-expression, and thus hold the promise of applications in education, health care and social services, and even convergence with art forms. They have long been in focus in the domain of developing technologies for their high potential as communications for companies, in families and between individuals, and are widely expected to enable new virtual businesses to emerge in the future.
Competing through ICT Capability, 2012
Now and into the future, proactive ICT use will become even more necessary as a competitive busin... more Now and into the future, proactive ICT use will become even more necessary as a competitive business tool to bring more efficiency, improve production and management, and invigorate organizations in the fierce business environments of modern times. The e-businesses using broadband capabilities and the more efficient business processes and operations within and between companies of recent years are representative of this proactive ICT use, and investing in development or implementation and application of ICT to gain more efficiency and create new network businesses is a major issue that many modern companies face, while ICT continues to bring benefits and advantages to companies. For example, according to existing research, ICT may increase product quality (Thatcher and Pingry, 2004), improve workflow (Buhler and Vidal, 2005), enhance a company’s flexibility to respond to customer needs (Gunasekaran and Ngai, 2004) and improve communication between a company and its customers and suppliers (Fiala, 2005). However, it should be noted here that the ICT hardware does not in itself give a company a competitive advantage (e.g. Clemons and Row, 1991; Porter, 1991, 2001; Mata, Fuerst and Barney, 1995; Barney, Wright and Ketchen Jr., 2001; Carr, 2003, 2004). This is because ICT has an intrinsic relationship with corporate strategy and organizational mechanisms.
Competing through ICT Capability, 2012
This chapter focuses on the organizational structures in businesses, their office spaces and the ... more This chapter focuses on the organizational structures in businesses, their office spaces and the effects of ICT design on the formation of cross-organizational teams and human behavior.
Routledge, 2023
Strategic innovation dynamically brings about strategic positioning through new products, service... more Strategic innovation dynamically brings about strategic positioning through new products, services and business models, and is a dynamic view of strategy that enables a corporation to maintain its competitive advantage and establish sustainable growth. For these reasons, corporations have to be innovators that can reinforce their existing positions through incremental innovation, while at the same time constantly renewing or destroying existing business through radical innovation. This book presents a holistic theoretical model, The Strategic Innovation System, as a system of capabilities for companies to achieve strategic innovation. As a subsystem of the Strategic Innovation System, this book presents the concept of the "Capabilities Building Map", which has characteristics of four different capabilities that correspond to the elements of speed of changes and uncertainty in the environment faced by companies. It explores how companies can change and even evolve their capabilities to achieve strategic innovation, using the latest findings of the systems-view, the process-view, and dynamic capabilities-view. The author evaluates management systems that achieve sustainable strategic innovation by utilizing knowledge assets inside and outside of organizations, including those of leaders, rather than simply relying on leaders with strong will. This book will primarily appeal to academics, researchers, and graduate students interested in innovation and technology management, digital transformation as well as strategic management and strategy planning and a broader business audience.
'This book examines dynamic capabilities from both theoretical and empirical perspectives and ela... more 'This book examines dynamic capabilities from both theoretical and empirical perspectives and elaborates the practical application of the theory while retaining academic rigor at the same time. Professor Mitsuru Kodama does not just reside in business academia but practices business himself in the high-tech field. His original approach to the theorization of strategic innovation is highlighted in his new, thought-provoking framework. This book is full of practical and theoretical insights not only for students of management theory and practitioners but also researchers and scholars.'
'This book examines dynamic capabilities from both theoretical and empirical perspectives and ela... more 'This book examines dynamic capabilities from both theoretical and empirical perspectives and elaborates the practical application of the theory while retaining academic rigor at the same time. Professor Mitsuru Kodama does not just reside in business academia but practices business himself in the high-tech field. His original approach to the theorization of strategic innovation is highlighted in his new, thought-provoking framework. This book is full of practical and theoretical insights not only for students of management theory and practitioners but also researchers and scholars.'
