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• Nakamura, Yoshiki

Companies have to develop core competitive technologies in a very short time. Therefore, productdevelopment and research and development must proceed with the concept of management. This study proposes amethod and decision support system for selection of R&D projects utilized to the modular type of PD. First, itshould be clarified the relationship among R&D investment, its project, modular technology and the product.Second, it is helped the decision making about how many modules of technology introduced the productconsidered to the cost restriction. Finally, it will be made the support system for its decision making from theoutputs of figures. In this way, it becomes possible to effectively develop products while analyzing the conditionsof the industry as well as the market and competing companies. It is also able to allow the proposal of future criticalmanagement strategy or tactical strategy.

• Economics and Business

• Production functions (Economic theory)
• Business management

product development, R&D strategy, R&D investment, technology management, decision support system, integer programming

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