A Study on the Factors of the Innovator's Dilemma in Japan

Japan's Textile industry has been called "The Forsaken Industry." In the Textile industry, while knowing that there is a market by adopting the latest technology, many in management of the textile industry stick to traditional production methods. It is the innovator's dilemma of the Japan's Textile industry cluster. In this paper, covariance structure analysis is performed on the basis of a questionnaire in order to consider the factors of management behavior related to sticking to traditional production methods. According to the results of the analysis, factors for the innovator's dilemma are verified.