R&D and Global Innovation

Jon ClemensApril 30, 2007

Sharp Corporation Japanese Company 65 operations in 34 countries Approx. $17 Billion in revenue Spends over $1 Billion in R&D per

year Consumer and business products

Also large components business

Sharp Labs of America 350 members Headquarters in Camas WA Facilities in Bangalore, India;

Huntington Beach, CA and McLean, VA

6 Research departments

JKC R&D Experiences RCA David Sarnoff Research

Center SRI International Sharp Laboratories Washington Technology Center

Building SLA Established in 1995 with 1 member Mission: To bring technologies that

are strong in the US into Sharp products

Site chosen First technologies chosen My major concern was the culture

Establishing SLA R&D Culture We were hiring people from many

companies with their own culture It was very important to establish our

own culture Mutual Respect Openness Sharing information Toward commercial applications not

publishing Methods we used to seed the culture

Measures of SLA Innovation 187 patents filed in 2006 by the 200

people in Camas 50+ papers published in technical

journals in 2006 SLA members on many standards

committees Hundreds of SLA technologies in

Sharp products Sharp Technology Ventures

established

Global Considerations Global R&D and innovation is very important

today “The world is flat.” Crosspollination of backgrounds and education

are important to generate new ideas It is of highest importance to understand the

culture of a “foreign” market, partner, vendor, --- Different cultures have different desires,

motivations, rules, etc. International and local procedures and laws must

be understood and followed Trusted local “expertise” must be found and

established