Designing model of holistic value chain based on environmental strategies of Japanese home appliance industries.

研究表明，日本家电企业的价值链向“城市开采”资源的回收业务拓展。它是通过家电企业和回收企业之间的联盟活动来实现的。根据日本家电回收法，他们被分成两个小组进行回收业务。这项研究表明，这两组人在表现上存在差距。产生绩效差距的原因可以从技术开发和转让制度的差异来解释。其中部分企业以独立或合资的形式在国外设立子公司，少数企业通过商业实践将其回收技术移植到日本国内市场。在上述讨论中，揭示了这些延伸价值链的特点和存在的问题。另外一项调查需要澄清这些回收业务对日本家电企业全球经营战略的意义。

This research shows value-chain of Japanese home-appliance companies expands to the recycling business of 'urban mining' resources. It is realized by alliance activities between home-appliance companies and recycling companies. They are separated into two groups to carry out recycling businesses under the home-appliance recycling law of Japan. This research reveals there are performance gaps between those two groups. The reason of the performance gap brought out is explained by the difference of the technology development and transfer system. And some of these companies set up foreign subsidiaries as independent or joint-ventured while just small number of company transplanting its recycling technology rose through the business practice in Japanese domestic market. In the discussion above, the characteristics and problems of those extended value-chains are revealed. And an additional survey requires clarifying the meaning of those recycling business on the global business strategy of Japanese home-appliance companies.