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Investigation on the Documents of the Automotive Industry in the Archives of the former German Democratic Republic after the German Unification.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07630071
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Economic history
Research InstitutionYAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

FURUKAWA Sumiaki  Yamaguchi University, Faculty of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (10148992)

Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1997
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
KeywordsAUTOMOBILE / GERMAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY / VOLKSWAGEN / EAST GERMANY
Research Abstract

1. This final report is the result three years of research work arried out by the auther so as to study up on the development of the German automotive industry. This industry attempted to adopt the american mass production system during 1930s and 1940s, but after World War II he realized in fact his successful innovations by introducing the Ford's production techniques, and he ushered in a new era of leading industry in the West Germany. Durin 1990s the lean production echniques have permeated the vehicle assemblers and components industry in Germany. On the other side, the automotive industry of East Germany progressed, in principle, in the Ford' methods of Production systems, but it was integrated into the centralizae industrial organisations, the so called industrial complex ("Kombinat"), which was isolated from the competitive societies of the Western Countries.
2. This researching work is therefore divided into two main subjects : Comparative perspectives on the implementation and modificatin of the Ford's system in the German automotive industry ; and the industrial history of the East German automotive industry, includes a researching on his transformation process after the integration of East-West Germanys. These sections draw on the latest research carried out by the auther, especialy the empirical core of the research is a study of the industrial history of the formar East German automotive industry struggling for survival going on among the assembler and components firms which constitute the new integrated automotive industry of Germany since 1990. At the same time significant attention in the project was given to investigate and to collect the various documents on the development of the German automotive industry since 1930s, which the achieves in the East Germany retained after World War II.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1997 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1996 Annual Research Report
  • 1995 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All Other

All Publications (15 results)

  • [Publications] 古川 澄明: "東欧の産業革新と欧米自動車メーカーの進出" 山口経済学雑誌. 43巻3・4号. 179-213 (1995)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古川 澄明: "1995年度外国経営史(ドイツ)" 経営史学. 32巻1号. 87-96 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古川 澄明: "ドイツ自動車産業の対中国戦略について-Volkswagenグループを事例として-" 東亜経済研究. 56巻2号. 119-136 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古川 澄明: "論徳国汽車企業的対花戦略" 文史哲(中国・山東大学). 増刊号. 18-20 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古川 澄明: "独自動車工業と民営化政策" 井上昭一・藤井光男編『現代経営史-日本・欧米経営史』. ミネルウ書房(出版予定). (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumiaki Furukawa: "Expansive Strategies of the Euro-American Automotive Enterprises during the Industrial Transformation Process of the Eastern Europe." The YAMAGUCHI-KEIZAIGAKU ZASSHI Yamaguchi Journal of Ecomonics, Business Administration & Laws. Vol.43, No.3/4. 179-213 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumiaki Furukawa: "Foreign Business History in 1995, Germany" Japan Business History Review. Vol.32, No.1. 87-96 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumiaki Furukawa: "Research on the Characteristic Feature of the Strategies of the German Automobile Industry in China : a Case Study of the Volkswagen Group." The TOA-KEIZAI KENKYU Asian Economic Review. Vol.56, No.2. 119-136 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumiaki Furukawa: "The Strategies of German Automotive Industry in China." Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy. Special Number. 18-20 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumiaki Furukawa: "Automotive Industry and the Privatization Policy in Germany." S.Inoue / M.Fujii (ed.) : Modern Business Histry - Japanese, Euro-American Business Histries, Minerva (be in press). (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古川澄明: "東欧の産業革新と欧米自動車メーカーの進出" 山口経済学雑誌.43巻3・4号. 179-213 (1995)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古川澄明: "1995年度 外国経営史(ドイツ)" 経営史学. 32巻1号. 87-96 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古川澄明: "ドイツ自動車産業の対中国戦略について-Volkswagenグループを事例として-" 東亜経済研究. 56巻2号. 119-136 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古川澄明: "論徳国汽車企業的対花戦略" 文史哲(中国・山東大学). 増刊号. 18-20 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古川澄明: "独自動車工業と民営化政策" 井上昭一・藤井光男編『現代経営史-日本・欧米経営史』. ミネルヴァ書房(出版予定). (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report

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