Too Much of a Good Thing? : Quality as an Impediment to Innovation

By: Material type: ArticleArticleLanguage: ENG Series: ; 50Publication details: Fall 2007 0Edition: 1Description: 77-93 PpSubject(s): DDC classification:
  •  Col
Online resources: Summary: The article discusses the relationship of quality improvement to innovation. Japanese industry is acknowledged as a leader in quality improvement, particularly in the automobile industry, which rewards gradual innovation. However, examples from Japanese high technology companies, including in the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip industry, demonstrate that quality efforts can hinder radical innovation required for competitiveness in this sector. The Japanese DRAM industry failed to innovate to meet new market realities produced by the introduction of personal computers (PC), and the market favored the speed of production and lower prices of Korean producers. The arrival of the Internet negatively impacted firms slow to adapt due to a culture of quality control.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Articles Articles Main Library Col (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available AR10531

The article discusses the relationship of quality improvement to innovation. Japanese industry is acknowledged as a leader in quality improvement, particularly in the automobile industry, which rewards gradual innovation. However, examples from Japanese high technology companies, including in the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip industry, demonstrate that quality efforts can hinder radical innovation required for competitiveness in this sector. The Japanese DRAM industry failed to innovate to meet new market realities produced by the introduction of personal computers (PC), and the market favored the speed of production and lower prices of Korean producers. The arrival of the Internet negatively impacted firms slow to adapt due to a culture of quality control.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha