Design-Based Comparative Advantage: An Explanatory Analysis (Japanese)

Takahiro Fujimoto and Shingo Okuma

Discussion Papers (Japanese) from Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Abstract: In this paper we attempt to integrate the open view of manufacturing on the basis of design into the theory of comparative advantage, one of the bases of the theory of industrial competitiveness. That is to say, we propose a "theory of design-based comparative advantage" from the standpoint that design location precedes production location: a view that arises from hands-on experience at plants or design facilities. We also seek out the mechanism that creates comparative advantage in design in the context of the design process at the shop floor at which a company is engaged in development, and through a simple simulation model we attempt to recreate the process through which comparative advantage in design manifests itself.

Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2007-06
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