Abstract
Leading semiconductor trading companies in Japan play an active role in promoting semiconductor products today. By examining the corporate strategies at these companies, we discovered that semiconductor trading houses are trying to implement the same business models. They describe themselves as "solution providers" to semiconductor users and try to reinforce their solution providing capabilities by improving their technological skills and increasing the number of new sources. Although they are implementing almost the same business method, the financial performance of these companies varies. We can attribute the differences to dissimilarities in "business systems." Some examples of the differences in business systems are corporate resources such as accumulated know-how and relationships with business partners, which are developed as a result of corporate activities. In order to make a corporate strategy effective, it is important to be aware of the components of business systems.
