Background
Kodama, Fumio was born on July 11, 1941 in Kobe, Hyohgo, Japan. Son of Isamu and Shigeko (Tsuda) Kodama.
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For managers seeking to understand how Japan has sustained a premier position in high-technology industries, Fumio Kodama provides a model that sheds light on global technology competition. He examines the technology strategies of large Japanese firms, arguing that a new paradigm shift favors their strengths in demand articulation and technology fusion. Using rigorous scientific measurement, historical perspective, and in-depth case studies, he presents an analysis from which companies--and governments--can draw enduring lessons. Analyzing data gathered over ten years of intensive research and study of Japanese firms, he distinguishes six dimensions along which the paradigm shift is occurring: manufacturing, business diversification, R&D competition, product development, innovation pattern, and societal diffusion of technology. He illuminates his discussion of each dimension with a profile of specific technologies and the companies that have advanced them, including consumer electronics (Sony Toshiba), fiber optic cables (Sumitomo Electric), computers and communications equipment (NEC), machine tools (Fanuc), and automobile parts (Honda, Toyota, Nissan).
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Kodama, Fumio was born on July 11, 1941 in Kobe, Hyohgo, Japan. Son of Isamu and Shigeko (Tsuda) Kodama.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Tokyo, 1964. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Tokyo, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University Tokyo, 1974.
Professor University Saitama, Urawa, Japan, 1973-1993. Professor strategy industry creation Research Center Advanced Economic Engineering University Tokyo, 1994—2003, professor emeritus, since 2003. Dean, professor Graduate School Engineering Management Shibaura Institute of Technology, since 2003.
Director-in-research National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Tokyo, 1988—1991. Visiting professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991—1992, Stanford (California) University, 1992—1993, district associates Asia/Pacific Research Center, since 1992. Advisor Japan Society for Promotion Machine Industry, since 1992, European Union-Japan Center for Industrial Development, Tokyo, 1995—2001.
Adjunct professor National Center for Science and Information Systems, Tokyo, 1995—1998.
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Member of Engineering Academy Japan, Japan Society for Science and Policy Research Management (vice president 2002).
Married Minako Akiyama. Children: Miki, Eri, Tomohisa, Kodama.