Michael A Cusumano

Biographic Data

ID752654
NAMEMichael A Cusumano
GIVEN NAMESMichael A
FAMILY NAMECusumano
SIGNATURECUSUMANO M A
AFFILIATIONSMassachusetts Institute of Technology
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS30
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
H-INDEX1

  • Business Platforms

    Open AccessAnnabelle Gawer, Michael A CusumanoCHAPTERInternational Encyclopedia of the…2015

  • Industry Platforms and Ecosystem Innovation

    Open AccessAnnabelle Gawer, Michael A CusumanoARTICLEJournal of Product Innovation…2014

    This paper brings together the recent literature on industry platforms and shows how it relates to managing innovation within and outside the firm as well as to dealing with technological and market disruptions and change over time. First, we identify distinct types of platforms. Our analysis of a wide range of industry examples suggests that there are two predominant types of platforms: internal or company‐specific platforms, and external or ind…

  • Strategic Maneuvering and Mass-Market Dynamics: The Triumph of VHS over Beta

    Open AccessMichael A Cusumano, Yiorgos Mylonadis et al.ARTICLEThe Business History Review1992Cited by: 29References: 7

    This article deals with the diffusion and standardization rivalry between two similar but incompatible formats for home videocassette recorders (VCRs): the Betamax, introduced in 1975 by the Sony Corporation, and the VHS (Video Home System), introduced in 1976 by the Victor Company of Japan (Japan Victor or JVC). Despite being first to the home market, the Beta format fell behind the VHS in market share during 1978 and declined thereafter. By the…

  • Japan's Software Factories: A Challenge to U.S. Management

    Marie Anchordoguy, Michael A CusumanoARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1992

    Though Japan has successfully competed with US computer makers in manufacturing and marketing hardware, it has been less successful in developing software that competes with US software companies. This book analyses how a number of Japanese firms, in an effort to catch up, have created what are called 'software factories' in which large numbers of people are engaged in developing software in co-operative ways

  • Japanese investment and influence in Thai development

    Open AccessNobuko Ichikawa, Michael A Cusumano et al.ARTICLETechnology in Society1991

  • The Japanese Automobile Industry: Technology and Management at Nissan and Toyota

    Tom Donnelly, Michael A Cusumano et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1991

  • Gaining Ground: Japan's Strides in Science and Technology

    Michael A Cusumano, George Gamaota et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1989

  • The Japanese Automobile Industry: Technology and Management at Nissan and Toyota

    G T Bloomfield, Michael A CusumanoARTICLEThe Economic History Review1988

  • Technological Pioneering and Competitive Advantage: The Birth of the VCR Industry

    Open AccessRichard S Rosenbloom, Michael A CusumanoARTICLECalifornia Management Review1987

    This article examines a significant example of technological pioneering-the development of an emerging technology in pursuit of future comercial opportunity. In this case, the pioneer's efforts resulted in the birth of a major industry, the manufacture of videocassette recorders for the mass consumer market. The authors compare the actions of six firms that were pioneers in the development of this technology-two in the U.S. and four in Japan. Thr…

  • The Japanese Automobile Industry: Technology and Management at Nissan and Toyota

    Bernard Karsh, Michael A CusumanoARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1987

  • The Japanese Automobile Industry: Technology and Management at Nissan and Toyota

    Michael A CusumanoBOOKThe Japanese Automobile Industry1985

  • An Enlightenment Dialogue with Fukuzawa Yukichi: Ogawa Tameji's Kaika Mondo, 1874-1875

    Michael A CusumanoARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1982Cited by: 1

    T l > HE polemical tract titled Kaika Mondo RjE4J ('Questions and Answers About Enlightenment') was written in two parts during 1874 and 1875, ostensibly to introduce Western civilization to post-Restoration Japan.' The text was one of the earliest works of the Japanese Enlightenment and has been praised for espousing the 'theory of natural equality'.2 Yet twentieth-century Japanese scholars have failed to consider the primary intentions of the a…