How enterprise strategies are related to innovation and productivity change: An empirical study of Japanese manufacturing firms

Fujii, Hidemichi and Kazuma, Edamura and Sumikura, Koichi and Furusawa, Yoko and Fukuzawa, Naomi and Managi, Shunsuke (2014): How enterprise strategies are related to innovation and productivity change: An empirical study of Japanese manufacturing firms. Forthcoming in:

Abstract

This study analyzes the total factor productivity of 1,067 Japanese manufacturing firms. In production estimation, we employ the directional distance function and Luenberger productivity indicator. Research and development strategy survey data are used to analyze the determinant factors related to improvements in innovation and productivity. Our results indicate that increasing technology and knowledge through a “black box” process is related to an increase in productivity. Furthermore, the protection and management of production knowledge and expertise is a valid method of increasing global technical change.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Innovation, productivity change, R&D strategy, directional distance function, Japanese manufacturing firms
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D24 - Production ; Cost ; Capital ; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity ; Capacity; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O38 - Government Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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