Product Innovations of Embedded Software in Mobile Phones:

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  • XIE Zhongquan
    Tokyo Institute of Technology majoring in management of technology and innovation
  • MIYAZAKI Kumiko
    Graduate School of Innovation Management at Tokyo Institute of Technology

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This paper analyzes product innovations of embedded software in mobile phones (ESIMP) in Japan based on the functions realized by the embedded software employing patent application data by Japanese applicants in JPO, addressing two research questions: (i) What are the evolutionary patterns of product innovations of ESIMP? (ii) What factors influence the evolutionary patterns of product innovation in ESIMP? Different evolutionary patterns of product innovations have been observed based on different functions realized by ESIMP, including: (i) call related communication functions, (ii) non-call related communication functions, (iii) functions related to hardware component control and (iv) data related functions. The paper concludes that requirements of non-functional properties of embedded software, development of specific technologies and the increasing hardware performance have influenced the evolutionary patterns of product innovations in ESIMP. The paper confirms that the evolutionary pattern of product innovations in ESIMP has been through a shift from control-centered to information-centered functions. Implications for innovation strategies and future research are presented.

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  • CRID
    1390282680142376960
  • NII Article ID
    130004567585
  • DOI
    10.11430/jsicr.30.1_27
  • ISSN
    21863083
    02894513
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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    Disallowed

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