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

Tsunehiko Yui

doi:10.5029/jrbh1984.5.56

Tsunehiko Yui

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1989 Volume 5 Pages 56-87

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Published: March 15, 1989 Received: - Available on J-STAGE: June 28, 2010 Accepted: - Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: June 28, 2010 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Right : 1.This is one of the entirely revised versions of the draft:“Development Organization of Large Industrial Enterprises in Japan,”Shakai Kagaku Kenkyujo Kiyo(Social Science Bulletin of Meiji University),Vol.25,No.1(1987).This paper owes much to Professor M.Fruin of California State University,Hayward.
2.T.Yui and M.Fruin,“Nihon ni okeru Saidai Kogyo200-sha(List of the200Largest Industrial Enterprises in Japan),”Keiei shigaku(Japan Business History Review),Vol.18No.1(1983),and“The Revised Lists”(unpublished).
3.A.D.Chandler,“Global Enterprises:Economic and National Characteristics-A Comparative Analysis,”Keiei shigaku,Vol.16No.4(1982),1-21.
4.One extant,pioneering work uses this approach:Y.Suzuki,“Strategy and Structure of the Top One Hundred Japanese Industrial Enterprises(1950-80),”Strategic Management Journal,Vol.1(1980).
5.As for this point,there are some evidential studies.For example, see:Kazuo Yamaguchi and Kanji Ishii,eds.,Kindai Nihon no Shohin Ryutsu(Distribution of Goods in Modern Japan)(Tokyo:University of Tokyo Press,1986).
6.Johannes Hirschmeier and Tsunehiko Yui,The Development of Japanese Business(London:George Allen and Unwin,1981),pp.99-101.
7.H.Morikawa,“Significance and Development of Middle Management in Japan,”in:Keiichiro Nakagawa and Tsunehiko Yui,eds.,Organization and Management(1900-1930)(Tokyo:Japan Business History Institute,1983),pp.133-34.
8.T.Yui,“Organizational Structure of Top Management in Meiji Japan,”Year Book of Japanese Business History,Vol.1(1984),2-11.
9.Ibid.,11-17.
10.See in detail:T.Yui,“Development,Organization and International Competitiveness of Industrial Enterprises in Japan(1880-1915),Business and Economic History4D.(1988).
11.Quite a few works mention this,such as:Naosuke Takamura,Nihon Bosekigyoshi Josetsu(History of Cot-ton Spinning Industry in Japan)(Tokyo:Hanawashobo,1971),pp.81-100.
12.T.Yui,id.,Business and Economic History,4d.(1988)
13.New tariffs established in1911provided protection for industrial production.See in detail:Shoko Seisaku Shi(History of Commercial and Industrial Policy)(Tokyo:Ministry of Trade and Industry,1965),pp.521-43.
14.T.Yui and M.Fruin,id.,Keiei shigaku,41-50.
15.Denkichi Matsushita,ed.,Jinteki Jigyotaikei,Seni-hen(Directory of Industries,Textiles)(Tokyo:Chugaisangyo Chosakai,1943),pp.22-3.
16.Toyo Cotton Spinning Co.,Company Archives,Staff Register(1924-7).
17.Kurashiki Cotton Spinning Co.,Company Archives,Staff Register(1922-4),List of Stockholders(1922)
18.Dainihon Beer Co.,Company Archives,Staff Register(1915-9).
19.Oji Paper Manufacturing Co.,Company Records,Staff Register(1916).
20.Refer to:Johannes Hirschmeier and Tsunehiko Yui,id.,pp.199-202.
21.Leslie Hannah,The Rise of Corporate Economy(London:A.P.Watt Ltd.,1983),pp.41-53.
22.Kaiko65Nen(65Years History of Kurashiki Cotton Spinning Co.)(Osaka:Kurashiki Cotton Spinning Co.,1953),p.275.
23.Toyo Cotton Spinning Co.,id.,(1932).
24.Dainihon Beer Co.,id.,(1926-31).
25.Toyo Cotton Spinning Co.,id.,(1932).
26.Nihon Zenkoku Shokaisha Yakuinroku(Directory of Company Directors in Japan)(Tokyo:Shogyo Koshinjo,1921),p.180.S.Yonekawa,“University in Japanese Enterprises before the Second World War,”Business History,Vol.XXVI No.2(1984),194.
27.Dainihon Beer Co.,id.,(1926).
28.Oji Paper Manufacturing Co.,id.,(1926).
29.Nihon Menka Kyokai,ed.,Menka Hyakunen(100Years History of Cotton Trade)(Osaka,Nihon Menka Kyokai,Vol.I,1968),pp.267,272.
30.Kenji Okuda,Hito to Keiei(Man and Management)(Tokyo:Management,1985),pp.54-107,241-283.
31.With respect to the blending technique of raw yarns,see:Keizo Seki,Nihon Mengyoron(Cotton Spinning Industry)(Tokyo:University of Tokyo Press,1954),pp.169-99.Naosuke Takamura,id.,pp.135,216.
32.70Nenshi(70-Year History of Toyo Spinning Co.)(Osaka:Toyo Cotton Spinning Co.,1953),p.182.
33.Kurashiki Cotton Spinning Co.,id.,pp.431-32.
34.This point was mentioned in:S.Yonekawa,“Boseki-Kigyo no Kokusai Hikaku(An International Comparative Study of the Cotton Spinning Industry),”Keizaikenkyu(Bulletin of Economics),Vol.29No.4(1978).
35.Toyo Cotton Spinning Co.,id.,(1923).
36.Yoshio Okura,Bosekigyo no Kaikei to Keiei(Accounting and Management of the Spinning Business)(Tokyo:Moriyama Shoten,1933),pp.8-11.
37.Toyo Cotton Spinning Co.,id.,(1932).
38.Kiyohide Narita,Ojiseishi-shashi(Company History of Oji Paper Manufacturing)(Tokyo:Ojiseishi Co.,1958),pp.163-75.
39.Refer to:T.Yui and M.Fruin,id.,Keieishigaku,46.
40.Nisshinseifun Kabushiki-Kaishashi(Company History of Nisshin Flour Milling Co.),(Tokyo:Nisshin Flour Milling Co.,1955),p.136.
41.Nihonseifun70Nenshi(70-Year History of Nihon Flour Milling Co.)(Tokyo:Nihon Flour Milling Co.,1968),pp.226-30.
42.Dainihon Beer30Nenshi(30-Year History of Dainihon Beer Co.)(Tokyo:Taiwan Sugar Refining Co.,1936),pp.63-7.
43.Taiwan Seito Kabushiki-Kaishashi(History of Taiwan Sugar Refining Co.)(Tokyo:Taiwan Sugar Refining Co.,1939),pp.192-3.
44.Nisshinseifun Kabushiki-Kaishashi,id.,pp.177-8.
45.See in detail:Naosuke Takamura,Kindai Nihon Mengyo to Chugoku(Modern Japanese Cotton Industry and China)(Tokyo:University of Tokyo Press,1982),pp.173-94.
46.Ibid,pp.133-72.
47.As for the development of rayon production,see:Hiroaki Yamazaki,Nihon Kasen Sangyo Hattatsushi(The Development of Rayon Industry in Japan)(Tokyo:Tokyo University Press,1975),pp.45-68.
48.Kurashiki Cotton Spinning Co.,Company Archives,Report on Rayon Production(1914).
49.Hiroaki Yamazaki,id.,pp.70-3.
50.T.Yui and M.Fruin,id.,Keiei shigaku,41-5.
51.Nihon Keori60Nenshi(60-Year History of Nihon Wool Textile Co.)(Kobe:Nihon Wool Textile Co.,1957),pp.97,104,136-7.
52.Painihon Beer30Nenshi,id.,p.62
53.Dainihon Beer Co.,id.,Record of Ebios Production,(1931).
54.Taiwan Seito Kabushiki-Kaishashi,id.,pp.205-9.
55.Nisshinseifun Kabushiki-Kaishashi,id.,pp.175-6.
56.See,for example,especially the discussion in the Introduction of:Howard Gospel and Craig Littler,Management Strategy and Industrial Relations(London:Heineman,1983).

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