Long term transition of dealing relationships of firms located in the East Japan Great Earthquake disaster areas

Abstract

Over six years have passed since the East Japan Great Earthquake occurred and the reconstruction has reached a new phase. It is important to grasp the influence of the damage in long term in order to conduct policies efficiently. From the viewpoint of management of firms, there are two points which had not been recovered yet, and we tackled these. First, it is not sure not-directly-damaged firms are how much influenced. Second, not only recovering the original relationships with suppliers and customers but also acquiring new business partners is critical problem. Through analysis presented here, firms injured from tsunami are not good at both recovering and acquiring relationships, while not-directly-damaged firms are being stronger within local areas. However, all firms in Tohoku Pacific Coast shows bad performance for transaction with remote areas.