Technological diversification and firm's techno-economic structure: An assessment of Canon's sustainable growth trajectory

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-27

  Watanabe, Chihiro ^a   Hur, Jae Yong ^a   Matsumoto, Kiyofumi ^b  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b CANON INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canon; Sustainable growth trajectory; Technoeconomic structure; Technological diversification

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; SALES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; OPERATING INCOME TO SALES (OIS); POTENTIAL RESOURCES; TECHNOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 11344284166     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1625(03)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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