Solving Challenges and Providing End-to-End Support through Think & Act
First written in FY2016. 3 of 6 entries say "Reframed", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2024.
Mitsubishi Research Institute moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2017, 8 years before the typical company in this theme (2025).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2017: 1 of 10 companies on the "Worse" side.
9 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「As a Group centered on a think tank, we aim to demonstrate our distinctiveness through a chain of value extending from research and recommendations to support for policy and institutional development and business development, as well as development and operations and the provision of actual services.」
The Group reaffirms its policy of providing consistent support from research and recommendations through institutional development, business development, development and operations, and service delivery. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「Under the Medium-Term Management Plan 2023, we pursued management that consistently covers the value chain, or value creation process, from research and recommendations through to social implementation in fields including human capital, cities and mobility, energy, healthcare, information and communications, the circular economy, food and agriculture, and resilience.」
The Group states that it continued to pursue VCP management consistently from research and recommendations through to social implementation across multiple priority fields. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「By connecting the Group’s four functions, VCP-A through VCP-D, and promoting all Group activities based on VCP, we aim to bring about social transformation.」
The description of end-to-end support from conception to implementation in the Think & Act business has been restructured as VCP, connecting research and recommendations, analysis and conception, design and demonstration, and implementation. - FY2019ReframedAnnual report
「In particular, we will focus on developing and deploying subscription-based services that help solve social challenges by using technologies such as AI and blockchain. Under a business model that provides common services and platforms to multiple customers, we will allocate resources selectively, including to upfront investment.」
In addition to the Think & Act business’s end-to-end support model, the Group explicitly states that it will prioritize the allocation of resources to subscription-based services and common platforms using AI and blockchain. - FY2017ReframedAnnual report
「In addition to collaboration among the Group’s internal organizations and functions, we will further advance the Think & Act business, which provides consistent support from the conception of solutions to customers’ challenges through to implementation by working with external partners. We aim to expand the business through a “scope expansion” approach, which develops larger business concepts by leveraging internal and external collaboration, and a “scale-up strategy,” which targets substantial business development by connecting consulting with IT solutions.」
For the Think & Act business, the Group explicitly sets out “scope expansion” and a “scale-up strategy” as execution policies, in addition to collaboration among internal functions and with external partners. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The Group defines these activities as its Think & Act business and is actively promoting them. By combining the Group’s highly regarded think-tank, consulting and IT solution capabilities, and collaborating with external business partners as necessary, we have established a framework for providing comprehensive solutions on an end-to-end basis and will accurately address customers’ diverse needs.」
The Group explicitly presents a business model that provides end-to-end support, extending beyond proposals and design to solution delivery, operations, participation by business partners and execution.