Sharp Corporation: Technology Strategy

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Case

Reference no. 9-793-064

Subject category: Strategy and General Management

Authors: David J Collis (Harvard Business School); Tsutomu Noda (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1993

Version: 3 April 1995

Length: 26 pages

Data source: Field research

Topics: Corporate strategy; Diversification; Improving performance; Innovation; Leadership; Technology

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Abstract

Teaches the evolution of the corporate strategy of Sharp Corporation, Japan. Sharp Corporation, a second-tier assembler of TV sets and home appliances, gradually and consistently improved performance by developing expertise in electronic device technologies such as specialized ICs and LCDs and used these technologies to develop innovative end products. As a result, the company was regarded as a world leader in opto-electronics and was becoming a premier comprehensive electronics company. The teaching purpose is to explore how the company identified, developed, and leveraged its lay technologies. Also discusses how the company co-ordinated across multiple businesses, and its organizational capabilities.

Location:

Japan

Industry:

Electronic components

Size:

Large, 41,800 employees, USD11.5 billion revenues

Other setting(s):

1992