挑戦的SME の新事業創出を実現するメディエータ

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抄録

This paper proposes a mediator architecture in which a new type of coordinator could collaborate in business. The main feature of the mediator is different from the matching type of conventional coordinator. The proposed case study indicates that specialized trading companies in Japan play a role model in real society, manifested as a mediator. The business creation function of a Japanese specialized trading company is the growth engine of SMEs for the realization of new business.