2022 年 42 巻 p. 21-41
Considering regional economic development in the global age, it has become particularly important to clarify the impact of corporate transaction structures and corporate behavior on regional economies. This paper aims to elucidate the real connection between the companies located in the San-in region that are driving regional growth and the regional economy and to examine the impact of the corporate transaction structure on the regional economy. We quantitatively measured the driving force (“earning power” and “spillover power”) of these companies by categorizing their transaction structure and analyzing money flow trends using B-to-B data. By interviewing the firms, we qualitatively confirmed the relationship between the corporate trading structure and the regional economy. This showed that the main type of companies in the San-in region is “the national link type”, which has a greater impact on the flow of money in and out of the region. It was also demonstrated that changes in business models and transaction networks alter the direction and magnitude of money flow and their associations with the regional economy. Since changes in transaction structures affect regional industries and economic spillovers, the development of a new framework to perform regional economic analysis integrating industry analysis and corporate transaction structure analysis is necessary.