Peiqian Liu

Networking Business Model In Regional Medical Service- Case of Chikamori Medical Group in Kochi, Japan

Japans Health Care System has experienced a number of changes over the last half a century. And the most heated aspect of current health policy debate focuses on the potential radical reform of the medical care system. In addition, the regional medical service organizations are in front of a more severe challenge because of the rapidly aging population and decreasing young population. Consequently, hospitals and other NHS organizations in local areas have been required to introduce reforms in their management structure for their survival This paper reports in depth on a case study of a private Japanese hospital, the Chikamori medical group, to introduce a key competence-based management model and differentiation marketing strategy. As one of the regional medical care support hospitals, Chikamori plays an active and important role in the regional medical care network. The case implies the effective business model based on positioning in the network architecture, which is significant not only for medical service field but also for other regional industries. The mutual correlations among financial strategy, human resource design, managing policy and collaboration manner with regional doctors are discussed in the paper.

Regional development through autonomy establishment in contemporary Western China

In an effort to narrow the technological gap between itself and the eastern region, Western China is actively engaged in promoting the development of high-tech industry. In the process of that development, local universities play an essential role directly or indirectly as a source of new knowledge and advanced technology. University-run enterprise (URE) is the primary way which the universities engage directly in regional economic development. This paper describes the new dynamics of university-run high-tech enterprises in Chengdu by observing two cases of UREs. We found that, despite being the less developed area in China, Western China has latecomer advantages even in growing high-tech UREs. This analysis was done in two dimensions, i.e., endogenetic and exogenous factors of the business development of the two companies. Also, similarities and differences in the management model and business strategies of the two cases are examined. The key focus of analysis here is autonomy establishment. Through analyzing performance and characteristics of the companies, the following implications are induced: 1) For the high-tech university-runs in Western China, latecomer advantages are more effective when they have enough autonomy and suitable support from the outside world. 2) The nature of partners is one of the most significant factors of support from the outside, because it will affect the performance of UREs, particularly regarding social responsibility or economical efficiency. Now is the right time for the development of the UREs in Western China. Even though the performance of UREs would vary from one to the other because of the different characteristic of their partners, they can utilize the suitable situation for developing business by establishing their autonomy.