Historical Studies on the Compettive Advantage of Japanese Industries during the 20th Century

Research Project

Project/Area Number	04301077
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Economic history
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	TAKEDA Haruhito The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (20126113)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	HIDAKA Chikage Musashi Univ., The Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (20218720) SAWAI Minoru Osaka Univ., The Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (90162536) KIKKAWA Takeo Univ.of Tokyo, The Inst.of Social Science, Associate Professor, 社会科学研究所, 助教授 (20161507) ABE Takeshi Osaka Univ., The Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (10151101) HASEGAWA Shin Shizuoka Univ., The Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (40144050)
Project Period (FY)	1992 – 1993
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000) Fiscal Year 1993: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000) Fiscal Year 1992: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Keywords	Japan's Industry / competitive advantage / Japanese management / 日本産業
Research Abstract	The aim of this study is co-operative research is to investigate the development of several Japan's industries ; cotton spinning, iron and steel, shipbuliding, electric enginieering, auto-mobile and computer manufacturing. These Industries have showed competitive advantage in the world market and have made huge constribution to Japan's economic success. We have had several meetings every 2 month in 1992 and a conference in Kyoto in July 1993. Some research result will publish in 1994, under the title of "Japan's Competitive Advantage of Industries."