Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER): Proprietary Manufacturing Technology

本研究的基本假设是，那些利用内部能力来设计自己的制造技术的主要部分的企业将具有竞争优势，可以确定和归因于这一战略。本研究的目的是调查和检验这一假设。该研究计划包括实地研究如何利用内部能力开发和建立新的制造技术，并制定和实施调查机制，作为衡量美国在这一领域业绩的基准。该项目是朝着全面合作研究计划迈出的探索性一步，该计划将研究美国，欧洲和日本的专有工艺技术设计和制造概念。

The underlying hypothesis of this research is that those firms that utilize an internal capability to design a major part of their own manufacturing technology will have competitive advantages that can be identified and ascribed to this strategy. The objective of this research is to investigate and test this hypothesis. The research plan includes field studies of the use of in-house capabilities to develop and build new manufacturing technology and the development and implementation for survey mechanisms to serve as benchmarks for the United States' performance in this area. The project is an exploratory step toward a full-scale cooperative research program that will study the concept of proprietary process technology design and manufacturing in the United States, Europe and Japan.