Japanese Yearbook on Business History

Contents

Volume 1, 1984

vii, Introduction

(Keiichiro NAKAGAWA)

SPECIAL ISSUE: The Japanese Business System

1, The Development of the Organizational Structure of Top Management in Meiji Japan.

(Tsunehiko YUI)

24, Business Finance in Japanese Business History

(Kazuo SUGIYAMA)

ARTICLES

47, A History of the Process Leading to the Formation of Fuji Electric.

(Hisashi WATANABE)

72, Flow-of-Funds Analysis of the Sumitomo Zaibatsu.

(Shoichi ASAJIMA)

104, The Retreat from Diversification and the Desire for Specialization in Konoike: Late Meiji to Early Showa.

(Matao MIYAMOTO and Kensuke HIROYAMA)

REPORTS

131, Report of the Long-Term Trends of the Business History Society of Japan.

(Hidemasa MORIKAWA)

150, The Works of Japanese Business Historians in 1982: Business History of Japan.

(Yasuaki NAGASAWA)

160, The Works of Japanese Business Historians in 1982: Business History of Foreign Countries.

(Terushi HARA)

BOOK REVIEWS

171, Keiichiro Nakagawa, Hikaku keieishi josetsu [An introduction to comparative business history]

(Kesaji KOBAYASHI)

173, Akio Okochi, Keiei kouso ryoku.[Entrepreneurial perception: A historical study of entrepreneurs’ activities]

(Yukio YAMASHITA)

176, Hidemasa Morikawa, Zaibatsu no keieishiteki kenkyu [Business history of zaibatsu]

(Shigeaki YASUOKA)

179, Yasuo Mishima, Mitsubishi zaibatsu [The Mitsubishi zaibatsu]; Shigeaki Yasuoka, Mitsui zaibatsu [The Mitsui zaibatsu]; Yotaro Sakudo, Sumitomo zaibatsu [The Sumitomo zaibatsu]

(Seishi NAKAMURA)

182, Kazuo Sugiyama, Kaiungyo to kinyu [Shipping and finance: Fund raising in a depression]

(Ryoichi MIWA)

Volume 2, 1985

SPECIAL ISSUE: The Japanese Business System

1, The Formation of General Trading Companies: A Comparative Study.

(Shin’ichi YONEKAWA)

32, Labor Management in Japan.

(Hiroshi HAZAMA)

54, Japan's Early Industrialization and the Transfer of Government Enterprises: Government and Business.

(Masaaki Kobayashi)

ARTICLES

81, The Prewar Japanese Automobile Industry and American Manufacturers.

(Masaru UDAGAWA)

100, Succeeding Against Odds, Courting Collapse: How Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Kawasaki Dockyard Managed the Post-WWI Slump.

(Takao SHIBA)

119, The Formation of the Riken Industrial Group.

(Satoshi SAITO)

REPORTS

141, The Works of Japanese Historians in 1983: Business History in Japan.

(Seishi NAKAMURA)

157, The Works of Japanese Business Historians in 1982/83: Business History of Foreign Countries.

(Kinsaburo SUNAGA)

BOOK REVIEWS

165, Shoichi Asajima, Senkanki Sumitomo zaibatsu keieishi [The Sumitomo zaibatsu during the interwar years]

(Hiroaki YAMASAKI)

169, Nobuo Kawabe, Sogosyousha no kenkyu [A study of a general trading company]

(Yasuo MISHIMA)

172, Japan Business History Institute, ed., Mitsui ryogaedana [Mitsui Exchange House]

(Kensuke HIROYAMA)

176, William D. Wray, Mitsubishi and N.Y.K., 1870-1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry

(Kazuo SUGIYAMA)

179, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Keieishi: Igirisu sangyo kakumei to kigyoshakatsudo [Business history: The British industrial revolution]

(Takeshi YUZAWA)

Volume 3, 1986

SPECIAL ISSUE: The History of Companies in Japan

1, The Early History of Japanese Companies.

(Shigeaki YASUOKA)

26, The Formation and Evolution of the Corporate Business System in Japan

(Hisashi MASAKI)

ARTICLES

52, The Progress of Shipping Operators Belonging to Trading Companies.

(Shin GOTO)

82, Manages and Regulation of the Electric Power Industry.

(Takeo KIKKAWA)

103, The Establishment of Oligopoly in the Japanese Cotton-Spinning Industry and the Business Strategies of Latecomers: The Case of Naigaiwata & Co., Ltd.

(Tetsuya KUWAHARA)

135, Employment in the Meiji Period: From "Tradition" to "Modernity".

(Akiko CHIMOTO)

REPORTS

161, The Works of Japanese Business Historians in 1984: Business History of Japan.

(Kazutoshi MAEDA)

177, The Works of Japanese Business Historians in 1984: Business History of Foreign Countries.

(Etsuo ABE)

BOOK REVIEWS

187, Kanji Ishii, Kindai Nihon to Igirisu shihon [Modern Japan and British merchants]

(Haruhito TAKEDA)

190, Masami Kita,Kokusai Nihon o hiraita hitobito--Nihon to Scotland no kizuna [The pioneers of Japan’s modernization: The bonds between Japan and Scotland]

(Tsunehiko YUI)

193, Yasuo Mishima, The Hanshin zaibatsu--Nomura, Yamaguchi, Kawasaki [Nomura, Yamaguchi, and Kawasaki: History of zaibatsu in the Osaka-Kobe district]

(Yoichi KOBAYAKAWA)

196, Masaru Udagawa, Shinko zaibatsu [The new zaibatsu]

(Takeshi OSHIO)

Volume 4, 1987

SPECIAL ISSUE: Technology and Labor in Modern Japan

1, The Inside Contract System in Japan: With Particular Reference to the Coal Mining Industry.

(Yukio YAMASHITA)

26, Modernization of Technology and Labor in Pre-War Japanese Electrical Machinery Enterprises.

(Toshiaki CHOKKI)

50, Scientific Management Movements in Pre-War Japan.

(Satoshi SASAKI)

ARTICLES

77, The Development of Yasukawa Electric Co. and its Entrepreneurial Activities.

(Shin HASEGAWA)

103, The Foundations and Amalgamation of Miike Nitrogen Industries Inc. and Toyo Koatsu Industries Inc.

(Tsuneo SUZUKI)

126, The Japanese Iron and Steel Industry, 1929-33, and the Establishment of the Nippon Steel Co.

(Tetsuji OKAZAKI)

REPORTS

152, The Works of Japanese Business Historians in 1985: Business History of Japan.

(Toshiyuki SHINOMIYA)

176, The Works of Japanese Business Historians: Foreign Business History.

(Haruhito SHIOMI)

BOOK REVIEWS

188, Hoshimi Uchida, Tokei kigyo no hattatsu [The evolution of the watch industry]

(Sakae TSUNOYAMA)

192, Hidemasa Morikawa, Chihou zaibatsu [History of the regional zaibatsu]

(Kanji ISHII)

196, Juro Hashimoto and Haruhito Takeda, Ryoutaisen kanki Nippon no karuteru [Cartels in interwar Japan]

(Naosuke TAKAMURA)

200, Naoki Tanaka, Kindai Nihon tanko rodoshi kenkyu [A history of coal mining labor history in modern Japan]

(Hideki HATAKEYAMA)

Volume 5, 1988

SPECIAL ISSUE: Business and Industry in Modern Japan

1, Japanese Management in Historical Perspective: Informal, Integrative, Democratic, and Focused on the Long Term.

(Keiichiro NAKAGAWA)

12, The Development of Large Enterprises in Japan: An Analysis of the Top 50 Enterprises in the Profit Ranking Table (1929-1984)

(Hiroaki YAMAZAKI)

56, Development, Organization and Business Strategy of Industrial Enterprises in Japan (1915-1935)

(Tsunehiko YUI)

ARTICLES

88, I.G. Farben's Japan Strategy: The Case of Synthetic Oil.

(Akira KUDO)

117, The Products and Market Strategies of the Osaka Cotton Spinning Company: 1883-1914.

(Matao MIYAMOTO)

REPORTS

160, Business History Research in 1986: Japan.

(Takeshi OSHIO)

177, Business History Research in 1986: Other Nations.

(Reiko OKAYAMA, Takao TANAKA and Jun SAKUDO)

BOOK REVIEWS

200, Tsunehiko Yui, ed., Nihon Zaibatsu Keieishi: Yasuda zaibatsu [The business history of Japanese zaibatsu: Yasuda]

(Shoichi ASAJIMA)

204, Shoichi Asajima, ed., Zaibatsu kin'yu kozo no hikaku kenkyu [Comparative studies of zaibatsu financial structures]

(Juro HASHIMOTO)

207, Nobuhisa Fujita and Hidetatsu Sato, Dainiji taisen to Mitsubishi zaibatsu [Mitsubishi zaibatsu during the Second World War]

(Seishi NAKAMURA)

210, Haruhito Takeda, Nihon sandogyo shi [A history of the Japanese copper industry]

(Masaru UDAGAWA)

Volume 6, 1989

FEATURE ARTICLES: Human Resources in Japanese Business

3, Distribution of Engineers in Private Enterprise in Mid-Taisho: Their Role at the Inception of Entry into Heavy and Chemical Industries.

(Hoshimi UCHIDA)

45, A Historical Examination of Mitsui's Strategies for Promoting Long-Term Continuous Service.

(Akiko CHIMOTO)

ARTICLES

79, The Organizational Problems of the Pre-War Mitsui Trading Company with Special Reference to the Shipping Department

(Kazutoshi MAEDA)

115, The Overseas Branches of Mitsubishi Limited during the First World War: With Particular Reference to the London Branch

(Yasuaki NAGASAWA)

REPORTS

147, Business History Research in 1987: Japan

(Teiichirou FUJITA, Makoto SEOKA, and Yoshimi UEKAWA)

197, Business History Research in 1987: Other Nations

(Takushi SAKAMOTO, Tomoaki SAITO, Namiko HARUMI, and Toshikatsu NAKAJIMA )

BOOK REVIEWS

235, Matao Miyamoto, Kinsei Nihon no shijo keizai: Osaka Kome-shijo bunseki [The market economy in Japan in the Edo period: An analysis of the rice market in Osaka]

(Kuninori SUENAGA)

239, Hideki HATAKEYAMA, Sumitomo Zaibatsu seiritsu-shi no kenkyu [A study of the formation of the Sumitomo zaibatsu]

(Masaaki KOBAYASHI)

243, Satoshi Saito, Shinko konzuerun Riken no kenkyu [A study of the newly-rising konzern, Riken]

(Nobuhisa FUJITA)

247, Tamio Hattori, Kankoku no keizai hatten [The evolution of Korean management]

(Hideki HATAKEYAMA)

250, Hisashi Watanabe, Rain no sangyo kakumei: Gen keizai ken no keisei katei [The industrial revolution on the Rhine: The formative process of the original economic region]

(Hideyuki TAKAHASHI)

Volume 7, 1990

FEATURE ARTICLES: Aspects of International Relations

3, The Move into Manchuria of the Nissan Combine.

(Masaru UDAGAWA)

31, Business Activities of the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. in Japan Prior to World War II

(Takeo KIKKAWA)

61, Trends in Research on Overseas Expansion by Japanese Enterprises Prior to World War II

(Tetsuya KUWAHARA)

BOOK REVIEWS

83, Sakae Tsunoyama, ed., Nihon ryojihokoku no kenkyu [Study of Japanese consular reports]

(Shin'ya SUGIYAMA)

88, Kazuo Tatewaki, Zainichi gaikoku ginko shi [History of foreign banks in Japan]

(Masanao ITO)

95, Takeshi Oshio, Nitchitsu kontserun no kenkyu [A study of the Nippon Nitrogen Fertilizers konzern]

(Akira KUDO)

102, Andrew Gordon, The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan's Heavy Industry, 1853-1955

(Konosuke ODAKA)

Volume 8, 1991

FEATURE ARTICLES: Business Systems

3, Corporate Groups and Keiretsu in Japan.

(Masahiro SHIMOTANI)

23, The Development of Tiered Inter-firm Relationships in the Automobile Industry: A Case Study of the Toyota Motor Corporation.

(Kazuo WADA)

49, The Enterprise System in Japan: Preliminary Considerations on Internal and External Structural Relations.

(Tsunehiko YUI)

ARTICLES

67, The Bureaucratization of Japanese Firms and Academic Credentialism: A Case Study of Hitachi, Ltd.

(Shinji SUGAYAMA)

BOOK REVIEWS

97, Kazuo Yamaguchi and Toshihiko Kato, eds., Ryotaisenkan no Yokohama ShokinGginko［The Yokohama Specie Bank, 1920-1939］

(Toshihiko SAITO)

104, Takeshi Abe, Nihon ni okeru sanchi men orimono gyo no tenkai［The development of the cotton weaving industry in local districts of Japan］

(Hatsu NISHIMURA)

110, Kenji Imazu, Kindai Nihon no gijutsuteki joken［Technological conditions in Meiji Japan］(Hoshimi UCHIDA)

115, Shinya Sugiyama. Japan's Industrialization in the World Economy 1859-99, Export Trade and Overseas Competition

(Masayuki TANIMOTO)

Volume 9, 1992

FEATURE ARTICLES: The Development of Domestic Industries

3, The Development of the Producing-Center Cotton Textile Industry in Japan between the Two World Wars.

(Takeshi ABE)

29, The Evolution of Indigenous Cotton Textile Manufacture before and after the Opening of the Ports.

(Masayuki TANIMOTO)

57, Trends in Textile Mill Operations within the Senboku Weaving Industry in the 1920s and 1930s.

(Takanori MATSUMOTO)

ARTICLES

87, Management Philosophy in the Early Years of Industrialization in Japan: In Search of a Theoretical Framework for International Comparison.

(Hiroshi HAZAMA)

BOOK REVIEWS

125, Shin'ichi Yonekawa, Koichi Shimokawa, and Hiroaki Yamazaki, eds., Sengo nihon keiei shi［History of business in postwar Japan］

(Yasuo MISHIMA)

136, Tetsuya Kuwahara, Kigyo kokusaika no shiteki bunseki［Historical analysis of enterprise internationalization］

(Hiroshi NISHIKAWA)

142, Reiko Hayashi, ed., Shoyu jyozogyo shi no kenkyu［Studies in the history of the soy sauce brewing industry］

(Akira HASEGAWA)

149, Yoichiro Inoue. Nihon kindai zosengyo no tenkai［The evolution of Japan’s modern ship-building industry］

(Atsushi HIRAMOTO)

155, Shigeaki Yasuoka, Teiichiro Fujita, and Kanjiro Ishikawa, eds., Omi shonin no keiei isan--sono saihyoka［The business legacy of Omi merchants:A reassesment］

(Yotaro SAKUDO)

Volume 10, 1993

FEATURE ARTICLES: The Growth of Managerial Enterprises in Japan

3, Japanese Top Management

(Hidemasa MORIKAWA)

27, Owners and Salaried Managers in Hitachi Engineering Works

(Masaru UDAGAWA)

53, Postwar Reform in Enterprise Management.

(Hideaki MIYAJIMA)

ARTICLES

83, From the Ford System to the Just-in-Time Production System.

(Koichi SHIMOKAWA)

BOOK REVIEWS

107, Toru Takenaka, Jiimensu to Meiji Nihon [Siemens and Meiji Japan]

(Masaaki KOBAYASHI)

113, Shinji Ogura, Senzenki Mitsui Ginko kigyo torihiki kankei shi no kenkyu [A study of the history of the business transaction relationships of Mitsui Bank before the war]

(Makoto KASUYA)

119, Satoshi Daigo, Nihon no kigyo kaikei [Corporate accounting in Japan].

(Shigekatsu KUMAGAI)

127, Keiichiro Nakagawa et al., eds., Kigyo keiei no rekishiteki kenkyu [Historical studies on business management]

(Tadakatsu INOUE)

134, Juro Hashimoto and Haruhito Takeda, eds., Nihon keizai no hatten to kigyo shudan [The development of the Japanese economy and enterprise groups]

(Hidemasa MORIKAWA)

141, List of Books on Japanese Business History Published during 1992.

Volume 11, 1994

FEATURE ARTICLES: The History of International Management Relations as Related to Japan

3, The Transfer of Leading-edge Technology to Japan.

(Akira KUDO)

33, International Oil Cartels and the Japanese Market.

(Takeo KIKKAWA)

53, Baring Brothers & Co. and Japanese Railway Investments, 1901-1906.

(Toshio SUZUKI)

ARTICLE

75, A Comparative Business History of Management in the Cotton Industry.

(Shin'ichi YONEKAWA)

BOOK REVIEWS

99, Shoichi Asajima, Honpo seiho shikin un'yo shi [A history of how Japanese life insurance companies invested their funds]

(Isao OGAWA)

106, Masayoshi Tsurumi, Nihon shinyo kiko no kakuritsu: Nihon Ginko to kinyu shijo [Establishment of the credit structure in Japan: The Bank of Japan and the financial market]

(Makoto KASUYA)

113, Tomohei Chida, Nihon kaiun no kodo seicho—Showa 39nen kara 48nen made [Japanese maritime transport's high-growth period: 1964-1973]

(Kishiro SAWA)

119, Tetsu Yamaguchi, Nihon kinsei shogyo shi no kenkyu [A study of the history of commerce in early-modern Japan]

(Kunitoshi SUYENAGA)

125, Manabu Yunoki, Edo-Kamikata kan no suijo shi [The history of water communication between Edo and the Kyoto-Osaka area]

(Hiromi MASUDA)

136, List of Books on Japanese Business History Published during 1993

Volume 12, 1995

FEATURE ARTICLES: Postwar Revival and Americanization

5, Americanization and Postwar Japanese Management: A Bibliographical Approach

(Takenori SAITO)

23, American Technical Assistance Programs and the Productivity Movement in Japan.

(Kinsaburo SUNAGA)

39, The Emergence of the Productivity Improvement Movement in Postwar Japan and Japanese Productivity Missions Overseas.

(Satoshi SASAKI)

73, The Introduction and Development of Quality Control in the Communications Equipment Industry, 1945-55.

(Toshihiro WADA)

ARTICLE

99, The Emergence and Transformation of the Divisional Management and Accounting Systems in the House of Mitsui, 1673-1872.

(Noboru NISHIKAWA)

BOOK REVIEWS

131, Yukio Okamoto, Chiho boseki kigyo no seiritsu to tenkai Meiji-ki kyushu chiho boseki no keiei shiteki kenkyu [The origin and development of regional spinning enterprises: Business history studies on spinning in the Kyhregion during the Meiji period]

(Naosuke TAKAMURA)

138, Tetsuji Okazaki, Nihon no kogyoka to tekko sangyo—Keizai hatten no hikaku seido bunseki[Japan’s industrialization and the steel industry: A comparative institutional analysis of economic development]

(Seiichiro YONEKURA)

145, Toshiaki Chokki, Nihon no kigyo keiei—rekishiteki kosatsu [Corporate management in Japan: Historical considerations]

(Masachika SHINOMIYA)

151, Xiao-Chun Huang, Senmon shosha kara sogo shosha e—Mearubeni ni okeru jirei kenkyu [The development from a senmon shosha (specialized trading house) into a sogo shoha (general trading company): The case of Marubeni]

(Setsuo TSUJI)

159, Konosuke Odaka, Shokunin no sekai, koba no sekai[The world of the artisan, the world of the factory]

(Kenji IMAZU)

165, List of Books on Japanese Business History Published during 1994

Volume 14, 1997

FEATURE ARTICLES: The History of Japan's International Business Relations with Asian Countries

7, The Rise of Salaried Managers: Comparing Japan and South Korea

(Tamio HATTORI)

31, Modern Family Business and Corporate Capability in Thailand: A Case Study of the CP Group.

(Akira SUEHIRO)

59, Half a Century of Enterprise Management in Colonial Taiwan: From a "Quasi-National-Policy Company" to a National-Policy-Company.

(Fumikatsu KUBO)

89, Origin of the Adoption of the Toyota Production System in China.

(Chunli LEE)

ARTICLE

115, Competition and Cooperation among Paper and Pulp Enterprises in Modern Japan Prior to World War II: The Rise to Prominence of a Powerful Triumvirate of Enterprises, and Transitions in Cartel Activities.

(Toshiyuki SHINOMIYA)

BOOK REVIEWS

139, Matao Miyamoto, Takeshi Abe, Masaru Udagawa, Minoru Sawai, and Takeo Kikkawa, Nihon Keieishi: Nihongata kigyo keiei no hatten, Edo kara Heisei e. [Japanese business history: The development of Japanese-style enterprise management from the Edo period to the present decade].

(Hidemasa MORIKAWA)

145, Akira Hara, Nihon no senji keizai: keikaku to shijo. [Japan's wartime economy: Planning and the market].

(Kunio YASUI)

151, Hidetoshi Yamaji, Kazumi Suzuki, Akira Kajiwara, and Yoshinao Matsumoto. Nihonteki kigyo kaikei no keisei katei. [The formation of Japanese-style business accounting].

(Ikuo HARA)

160, Atsushi Hiramoto, Nihon no terebi sangyo: Kyoso yui no kozo. [Japan's television industry: The structure of its competitive superiority].

(Kiyoshi NAKAMURA)

167, Haruhito Takede, ed., Nihon sangyo hatten no dainamizumu [The dynamism of Japanese industrial development].

(Masanao KASAI)

174, List of Books on Japanese Business History Published during 1996

Volume 15, 1998

FEATURE ARTICLES: The Historical Development of Distribution Systems in Japan

7, The Development of Marketing Management in Japan

(Eisuke DAITO)

45, The Innovativeness and Adaptability of Department Stores in Japan

(Kazutoshi MAEDA)

75, Japan’s “Distribution Revolution” and Chain Store Supermarkets

(Mika TAKAOKA)

103, The Municipal Retail Market in the Modernization of the Structure for Distributing Daily Necessities in Japan’s Cities

(Makoto HIROTA)

ARTICLE

Marine Transport Management in Early-Modern Japan

(Masahiro UEMURA)

BOOK REVIEWS

145, Shigeaki Yasuoka and Masatoshi Amano, eds., Nihon keieishi 1—Kinseiteki keiei no hatten [Japanese business history 1: The development of early-modern enterprise management]

(Yotaro SAKUDO)

152, Matao Miyamoto and Takeshi Abe, eds., Nihon keieishi 2—Keiei kakushin to kogyoka [Japanese business history 2: Management reform and industrialization]

(Kanji ISHII)

157, Tsunehiko Yui and Eisuke Daito, eds., Nihon keieishi 3—Daikigyo jidai no torai [Japanese business history 3: The arrival of large enterprise]

(Takeshi OSHIO)

162, Hiroaki Yamazaki and Takeo Kikkawa, eds., Nihon keieishi 4—“Nihonteki” keiei no renzoku to danzetsu [Japanese business history 4: Continuity and discontinuity in “Japanese-style” management]

(Satoshi SAITO)

169, Hidemasa Morikawa and Seiichiro Yonekura, eds., Nihon keieishi 5—Kodo seicho o koete [Japanese business history 5: Transcending high growth]

(Kiyoshi Nakamura)

176, Teiichiro Fujita, Kindai Nihon dogyo-kumiai shi ron [On modern Japanese trade associations]

(Takehisa YAMADA)

183, Masaru Udagawa, Hioki Sato, Keisuke Nakamura, and Izumi Nonaka, Nihon kigyo no hinshitsu kanri—keieishiteki kenkyu [Quality control in Japanese enterprise: Studies of a business history nature]

(Satoshi SASAKI)

191, Books on Japanese Business History Published in 1997

Volume 16, 1999

FEATURE ARTICLES: The Japanese Railway Industry in Historical and Comparative Perspective

7, Nationalization of Railways: The Japanese and British Cases

(Takeshi YUZAWA)

31, The Formation of a Railway Transportation System in Japan’s Railway Industry

(Naofumi NAKAMURA)

63, Cement Industry Use of Railways ca. 1890-1930: The Case of Asano Cement

(Keiichi WATANABE)

ARTICLES

91, Hisaya Iwasaki and the Wharton School

(Takayasu MIYAKAWA)

113, The Machine Industry in the Meiji Period

(Jun SUZUKI)

BOOK REVIEWS

135, Tadashi Kobayashi, Hoken shiso no genryu [The origins of the philosophy of insurance]

(Isao OGAWA)

140, Kunitoshi Sunaga, Kindai Omi shonin keieishi ron [A business history treatise on modern Omi merchants]

(Masahiro UEMURA)

147, Takeo Kikkawa, Nihon denryokugyo no hatten to Matsunaga Yasuzaemon [The growth of Japan’s electric power industry and Yasuzaemon Matsunaga]

(Hiroaki YAMAZAKI)

154, Iwao Ishizaka, ed., Bunmei no jitsugyojin—Isaka Naomoto to kindaiteki keiei no etosu [A civilized businessman: Naomoto Isaka and the ethos of modern management]

(Takashi MATSUMOTO)

159, Jozen Takeuchi, Takeshi Abe, and Minoru Sawai, eds., Kindai Nihon ni okeru kigyoka no shokeifu [Genealogies of some entrepreneurs in modern Japan]

(Yoichi KOBAYAKAWA)

167, Books on Japanese Business History Published in 1998

Volume 17, 2000

FEATURE ARTICLES: The Overseas Activities of General Trading Companies

7, The Business Activities of Mitsubishi in Prewar Frace

(Terushi HARA)

35, The Activities of General Trading Company Branch Offices in the United States Prior to World War II: Mitsubishi Trading Company

(Nobuo KAWABE)

67, The Business Activities of Mitsui & Co.’s London Brach, 1879-1896

(Makoto KASUYA)

ARTICLES

89, The Development of the Rolling Stock Industry in Prewar Japan

(Minoru SAWAI)

109, An Evolutionary Phase of Honda Motor: The Establishment and Success of American Honda Motor

(Jun OTAHARA)

BOOK REVIEWS

137, Satoshi Nakanishi, Kinsei-kindai Nihon no shijo kozo—“Matsumae nishin” hiryo torihiki no kenkyu [Market structure in early modern and modern Japan: A study of “Matsumae herring” fertilizer transactions]

(Teiichiro FUJITA)

144, Yoshiyuki Okamoto, ed., Nihon kigyo no gijutsu iten—Ajia shokoku e no teichaku [Technology transfer by Japanese enterprise: Taking hold in the countries of Asia]

(Tetsuo ABO)

154, Satoshi Sasaki, Kagakuteki kanri ho no Nihonteki tenkai [The development of scientific management the Japanese way]

(Mamoru TAKAHASHI)

160, Shigeaki Yasuoka, Zaibatsu keiei no rekishiteki kenkyu—shoyu to keiei no kokusai hikaku [A historical study of zaibatsu management: international comparisons of ownership and management]

(Masaaki KOBAYASHI)

167, Masachika Shinomiya, Nihon no jidosha sangyo—kigyosha katsudo to kyosoryoku 1918-70 [The automobile industry in Japan: Entrepreneur activities and competitiveness, 1918-70]

(Hiromi SHIOJI)

171, Books on Japanese Business History Published in 1999

Volume 18, 2001

FEATURE ARTICLES: Industrial Clusters

7, The “Sudden Growth” of the Enshu Cotton Textile Industry between the Two World Wars

(Hiroaki YAMAZAKI)

41, Competition and Cooperation in Japan’s Industrial Districts: The Case of the Banshu Textile District after World War II

(Yasuhiro OTA)

67, The Automobile Industry and Industrial Clustering: An Interim Examination Based on Fieldwork in Toyota City and Its Environs

(Shigeru MATSUSHIMA)

ARTICLES

93, Japan’s Telephone Business: Why Did Privatization Take So Long?

(Nobuyuki FUJII)

119, The Rise of the Modern Silk Reeling Industry and Financial Institutions: The Formation of the Institution of Providing Advances on Documentary Bills

(Masaki NAKABAYASHI)

143, Books on Japanese Business History Published in 2000

Volume 19, 2002

FEATURE ARTICLES: Entrepreneurship in Meiji Japan

9, How Eiichi Shibusawa Offered Models of Investment and Management to Introduce Modern Business Practices into Japan

(Masakazu SHIMADA)

33, Takashi Masuda: Resolute Determination on the Strength of Meticulous Care

(Kunio SUZUKI)

55, Soichiro Asano: The Man Who Worked All Day on Only Four Hours’ Sleep

(Satoshi SAITO)

ARTICLES

77 Wartime Enterprises in Japan: Their Organization, Workers, and Staff

(Osamu NAGASHIMA)

103, The Evolution of Fertilizer Trading in the Meiji and Taisho Eras

(Takehisa YAMADA)

127, Books on Japanese Business History Published in 2001

Volume 20, 2003

FEATURE ARTICLES: The Automobile Industry in Japan

9, Yet Another Route for Growth in Japan’s Automobile Industry: The Formation and Development of the Three-Wheeler Sector

(Inman YEO)

33, The Kanban System’s Permeation within Toyota: Production Control Integration in an Enterprise Group

(Haruhito SHIOMI)

61, Institutional Fatigue in the Automobile Franchise System: Problems within the Sales Practice of Giving Price Concessions

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