1. R&D and Global Innovation
Jon Clemens
April 30, 2007

2. 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

3. Sharp Labs of America 350 members Headquarters in Camas WA
Facilities in Bangalore, India; Huntington Beach, CA and McLean, VA
6 Research departments

4. JKC R&D Experiences RCA David Sarnoff Research Center
SRI International
Sharp Laboratories
Washington Technology Center

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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