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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| From the Age of Information to the Age of Information Communication (Network) | |
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| A Course of Action for Companies in the Ubiquitous Age | |
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| Development and Deployment of Three Business-Intelligence (BI) Type Information (Management) Systems | |
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| References | |
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| General Outline Section | |
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| Strategic Planning and R&D Management | |
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| The Modern Enterprise and R&D | |
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| Management Strategy and Its Relationships with R&D and Product Development Management | |
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| References | |
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| R&D Project Planning, Selection, and Evaluation | |
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| Planning and Selecting R&D Projects | |
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| Operational Management and Evaluation of R&D Projects | |
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| References | |
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| The New Systematization and Assetization of Information | |
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| Systematization and Assetization of Technological and R&D Information | |
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| Systematization and Assetization of Market Development Information | |
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| References | |
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| How to Advance R&D, New Product Development, and New Business Development: Requirements That Should Be Taken into Consideration Towards These Ends | |
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| Considerations for Acquiring and Selecting Data from Sources of Information | |
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| The Relevance between Information Sources and Basic Research | |
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| Relevance between Sources of Information and Applied Research | |
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| Effective R&D and Personnel Training Management | |
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| References | |
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| Precedents of New Product/New Business Development | |
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| The Role of Information Search in the Development of "Karada Meguri Cha" (Body Circulation Tea Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine) | |
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| The Beverage Business Today | |
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| Investigating the Marketplace | |
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| Oriental Way of Thinking | |
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| Sorting Out Development Requirements | |
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| Towards Commercialization Development of the Formula, Name, and Packaging | |
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| Information Transmission of "Karada Meguri Cha" | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Development of the "Oshiete! Kaden" ("Tell Me! Consumer Electronics") Website - Recommending Merchandises Through the Deployment of a Web Recommendation Engine | |
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| Web Recommendation Engine | |
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| Product Recommendation Website "Oshiete! Kaden" | |
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| The Role of Information Search in the Business Development of "Oshiete! Kaden" | |
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| The Role of Information Management in the Development Phase of the "Oshiete! Kaden" Website | |
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| The Role of Information Management in the Early-Phase Operations of "Oshiete! Kaden" | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Robot Development Case Examples - The Intelligential and Functional Approaches | |
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| The Current Situation of Robots | |
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| Robots That Pursue Function | |
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| Robots That Take Intelligence into Consideration | |
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| Development of a Robot at the Global Cutting Edge | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| The Role of Communication and Management Inside and Outside Business Organizations When Manufacturing Accidents Occur - Case Examples of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Accidents Committed by Company M and Company P | |
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| Occurrences of Accidents Related to Goods for Home Use | |
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| Crisis Management in the Cases of Company M and Company P | |
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| Risk and Crisis Management in Business Organizations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Afterword | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Index | |