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A Comparative-Economic Analysis of Firms and Organizations

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08630115
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Business administration
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

KOJIMA Kenji  Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University, Associate Professor, 経済経営研究所, 助教授 (50121455)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SUEHIRO Hideo  School of Business Administration, 経営学部, 助教授 (30162837)
Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1997
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Keywordscorporate institutions / trading institutions / trading relationships / corporate governance / economic institutions / economic organizations
Research Abstract

Various systems of corporate governance have evolved in different countries. This research examines the corporate governance in Germany, Japan, and the United States. It demonstrates the U.S.companies have tended to address hazards of self-interested behaviors among stakeholders by delineating the responsibilities of one to another, make the board of directors ensure the interests of shareholders, and resort to marker for corporate control to correct failure of the board of directors. The effects of business relationships on German and Japanese corporate governance can help explain inactive market for corporate control in those countries. Japanese companies establish corporate governance with relationship-based control mechanisms to promote building and maintaining long-term business relationship.
The research in Japanese financial relationships examines the structural changes in the financial relationships and discusses the future directions. The primary purpose of the study is threefo … More ld : to identify important features of financial relationships in Japan and its structural changes, to provide economic rationale for those relationships and their changes, and to develop insights concerning corporate finance and capital market under institutional and regulatory environments. Corporate finance in Japan has evolved around the main bank relationships. Financial liberalization in Japan has created difficulties for the main bank relationships. The process of change will continue, both because of continuing liberalization and because some financial patterns change sluggishly. Financial liberalization tends to undermine the main bank system because major non-financial firms have greater access to arm's length debt as well as borrowing from foreign financial institutions. Consequently the main bank system could continue to be viable and advantageous for firms which is limited to access to alternative debt sources and need strong bank support. The financing patterns of large Japanese firms are beginning to resemble the more arms-length financing patterns observed in the U.S. Less

Report

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

    (16 results)

All Other

All Publications (16 results)

  • [Publications] 小島 健司: "取引における信頼関係" 国民経済雑誌. 175巻6号. 63-70 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小島 健司: "チャネル構築・維持のダイナミック・プロセス" マーケティングジャーナル. 17巻1号. 35-46 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小島 健司: "Japanese Financial Relatiouships in Transition" Kobe Economic and Business Review. 41巻. 55-96 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kenji Kojima: "Cost Reducing Effort and Trading under Asymmetric Information" The Kokumin-Keizai Zasshi (Journal of Economics and Business Administration). Vol.174 No.2. 31-39 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kenji Kojima: "Evolution Process of Trade Practices in Distribution" Distribution Science. Vol.13. 37-44 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kenji Kojima: "Supplier Relations in Japan : An International Perspective" Kobe Economic and Business Review. Vol.41. 41-68 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kenji Kojima: "Trust in Trading Relationships" The Kokumin-Keizai Zasshi (Journal of Economics and Business Administration. Vol.175, No.6. 63-70 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kenji Kojima: "The Dynamic Process of Building and Maintaining Channel of Distribution" Japan Marketing Journal. Vol.17, No.1. 35-46 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kenji Kojima: "Japanese Financial Relationships in Transition" Kobe Economic and Business Review. Vol.42. 55-96 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小島健司: "取引における信頼関係" 国民経済雑誌. 175巻6号. 63-70 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小島健司: "チャネル構築・維持のダイナミック・プロセス" マーケティングジャーナル. 17巻1号. 35-46 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小島健司: "Japanese Financial Relationships in Trahsition" Kobe Economic. and Business Review. 41巻. 55-96 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小島 健司: "非対称情報下取引と生産効率化努力" 国民経済雑誌. 174巻2号. 31-39 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小島 健司: "流通取引慣行はどのように生成したのか" 流通科学. 13号. 37-44 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小島 健司: "Supplier Relations in Japan : An International Perspective" Kobe Economic and Business Review. 41巻. 41-68 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小島 健司: "Japanese Corporate Governance : An International Perspective" 神戸大学経済経営研究所, 188 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report

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