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

Toshiyuki Shinomiya

doi:10.5029/jrbh1984.14.115

Competition and Cooperation among Paper and Pulp Enterprises in Modern JapanPrior to World War II

The Rise to Prominence of a Powerful Triumvirate of Enterprises, and Transitions in Cartel Activities

Toshiyuki Shinomiya

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1998 年 14 巻 p. 115-137

DOI https://doi.org/10.5029/jrbh1984.14.115

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Published: 1998/03/15 Received: - Available on J-STAGE: 2010/06/28 Accepted: - Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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訂正日: 2010/06/28 訂正理由: - 訂正箇所: 引用文献情報訂正内容: Right : 1Kiyofusa Narita,Nippon shigyo siiran[Compendium of the Japanese paper industry],Oji Paper Company,1937ed.,supplementary statistics,pp.6-17.
2Most of the historical source materials on management that I used for this study belong to the Paper Museum in Tokyo.In my search for and reading of those materials I was greatly assisted by members of the museum staff.Also,I benefited from the willing cooperation in the form of verbal history from persons formerly involved in the industry.To all of these I express my heartfelt gratitude.Finally,the principal foundation upon.which I could put together the different pieces of this study was my most recently published work,Kindai Nihon seishigyo no kyoso to kyocho-Oji Seishi,Fuji Seishi,Karafuto Kogyo no seicho to karuteru katsudo no hensen[Competition and cooperation in the paper industry in modern Japan:The growth of Oji Paper Co.,Fuji Paper Co.,and Karafuto Kogyo Co.and transitions in their cartel activities],Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha,1997.
3I have written several studies on the business history of Oji Paper Co.See“Shoshi Kaisha sogyoki no shikin chotatsu”[Capital procurement during the foundation period of Shoshi Kaisha],Meiji Daigaku Daigakuin Kiyo[Memoirs of the Graduate School,Meiji University:Business administration],vol.10no.6(1972):103-14;Nihon ni okeru yoshigyo no kakuritsu katei-Oji Seishi Kaisha o chashin ni[The development of the Western paper manufacturing industry in Japan,with special emphasis on Oji Paper Co.](Master's thesis,Graduate School of Business Administration,Meiji University),1973;“Oji Seishi Kaisha keieishi no kenkyu”[A study of the business history of Oji Paper Co.,Ltd],Meiji Daigaku Daigakuin Kiyo,vol.12no.6(1974):69-81;and“Meiji chuki-Taishoki ni okeru Oji Seishi to Fuji Seishi-kasenteki na hatten o motarashita keiei senryaku o chushin ni”[Business strategies leading to oligopoly:A case study of Oji Paper Co.and Fuji Paper Co.],Keieishigaku[Japan Business History Review],vol.10no.3(1976):42-62.
4On the business history of Fuji Paper Company see the following studies by me.“Meiji,Taishoki ni okeru Fuji Seishi Kaisha no kigyo seicho-Oji Seishi to no hikaku ni oite”[Fuji Paper Co.'s enterprise growth during the Meiji and early Taisho periods as compared with Oji Paper Co.], Meiji Daigaku Daigakuin Kiyo,vol.11no.6(1973):103-21;“Business strategies leading to oligopoly,” Keieishigaku vol.10no.3(1976):42-62;“Fuji Seishi ni okeru Kubota Shiro-senmon keieisha to shite no kodo o megutte”[Shiro Kubota in the Fuji Paper Co.:His actions and performance as a salaried manager],Bunkei ronso(Keizaigaku hen)[Studies in the humanities:Economics],Hirosaki University,vol.24no.2(1989):63-95;and“Okawa Heizaburo to Fuji Seishikennin yuryoku kabunushi keieisha to shite no kodo to sokuseki”[Heizaburo Okawa and Fuji Paper Co.:His actions and legacies as concurrent powerful shareholder and manager],Soka keiei ronshu[Soka business history review],Soka University,The Society of Business Administration,a special issue in commemoration of the retirement of Professor Kazuo Yamaguchi(1991),pp.39-52.
5For more on the business history of Karafuto Kogyo,see the following of my works:“Okawa Heizaburo to Karafuto Kogyo no hatten”[A study of Heizaburo Okawa and the development of Karafuto Kogyo],Keiei ronshu[Meiji Business Review],vol.23no.3(1976):135-55;and“Okawa Heizaburo(Karafuto Kogyo soritsusha)-Seishio no eiko to zasetsu”[Heizaburo Okawa:A paper magnate's glories and setbacks],in Nippon no kigyoka2-Taisho hen[Japanese entrepreneurs2:The Taisho era],ed.Tsunehiko Yui et al.(Yuihikaku,1978),pp.107-52.
6Norio Tominaga,“Ryotaisenkanki no karuteru katsudo to sono koka”[Cartel activities between the two world wars,and their effectiveness],Shakaikeizaishigaku[Socioeconomic history],Socioeconomic History Society,vol.47no.5(1982):66-91.
7I have published the following studies on the activities of the Japan Paper Association:“Seishijo Rengokai no setsuritsu to kakaku kyotei-Nihon ni okeru karuteruteki katsudo no koshi” [The establishment of the Japanese Paper Mills Association and price agreements:The beginning of cartel-type activities in Japan],Bunkei ronso(Keizaigaku hen),vol.15 nos.2/3(1980):41-71;“Daiichiji taisenkizen no Nihon Seishi Rengokai-kindai Nihon seishigyo ni okeru dogyosha dantai no soshiki to kino no hensen”[Japan Paper Association before World War I:Changes in organization and functions of the trade body in modern Japan's paper manufacturing industry],Keieishigaku vol.16 no.3(1981):1-24;“Daiichiji taisen iko no Nihon Seishi Rengokai to seishigyo keiei no tenkai-sandai seishi kigyo no godo ni yoru ‘Dai’Oji Seishi no seiritsu made“[Japan Paper Assocation and the Japanese paper manufacturing business during and after World War I,until the formation of“Greater”Oji Paper Co.by means of the combination of the three large paper manufacturing enterprises],Bunkei ronsb(Keizaigaku hen),vol.18 no.1(1982):1-48.
8I have published the following studies on the activities of Kyodo Yoshi:“Senzenki Nihon ni okeru shinbun yoshi kyohan karuteru no tenkai-Kyodo Yoshi Kaisha no katsudo ni tsuite”[The development of newsprint joint sales cartels in prewar Japan:The activities of Kyodo Yoshi Company],Keiei ronshu(Meiji University),vol.31no.4(1984):67-81;“Showa shoki Nihon no shinbun yoshi karuteru to gaishi yunyu-gaishi danpingu ron no saikento o fukumete”[Japanese newsprint cartels in early Showa and imported newsprint,including a reexamination of the foreign dumping argument],Keieishigaku,vol.23no.3(1988):1-28;and“Kindai Nihon no seishigyo to shinbungyo no yoshi yunyuzei o meguru tairitsu kankei-shinbun yoshi yunyuzei mondai o chashin ni”[The clashes between the paper manufacturing industry and the newspaper industry in Japan over import tariffs on Western paper, with special emphasis on the problem of import tariffs on newsprint],Hirosaki Daigaku Keizai Kenkyu[Hirosaki Economic Review],no.11(1988):14-34.
9For an examination of the technological problems occurring in the business history of modern Japan's paper and pulp industry,see my“Kami,parupu kogyo ni okeru gijutsu kakushin-sentaku,oyo no kokusaisei,kibinsei ni tsuite”[Technological innovation in the paper and pulp industry:the internationalism and promptness of its selection and application],in Kakushin no keieishi[The business history of innovation],ed.Tsunehiko Yui and Juro Hashimoto(Yuhikaku,1995),pp.59-75.

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