Asli M. Colpan

• Project/Area Number: 16K03861
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Colpan Asli 京都大学, 経営管理研究部, 教授 (70511286)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: business groups / developed economies / emerging economies / corporate strategy / business history / entrepreneurship / internationalization / resilience / entreprenuership / Business groups / Developed economies / Conglomerates / Institutions / Resources / Diversification / Ｂｕｓｉｎｅｓｓ ｇｒｏｕｐｓ / Ｃｏｎｇｌｏｍｅｒａｔｅｓ / Ｅｍｅｒｇｉｎｇ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｅｓ / Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ ｎａｔｉｏｎｓ / Family business / Institutional voids / ビジネス・グループ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to explore the resilience of diversified business groups. In particular it aims to analyze the external environmental and internal organizational factors to explain the resilience of business groups cross-nationally and over time. I focused on developed economies in particular which has been an underexplored context in the study of business groups. The major outcome of this research project has been two books as well as several journal articles, chapters and conference presentations.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

The research output of this projectis the first scholarly output to explore the evolutional paths and resilience of business groups from an internationally comparative perspective.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Business Groups as an Organizational Model (2018)
  • Author(s): Asli M. Colpan and Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra
  • Journal Title: Oxford Encyclopedia of Business and Management Volume: 3 Pages: 1-18
  • DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190224851.013.97
  • ISBN: 9780190224851
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Business groups and corporate governance: Review Synthesis and Extension (2016)
  • Author(s): Andera Colli and Asli M, Colpan
  • Journal Title: Corporate Governance: An International Review Volume: 24:3 Issue: 3 Pages: 274-302
  • DOI: 10.1111/corg.12144
  • Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Diversified business groups in the West: Origins Evolution and Resilience (2016)
  • Author(s): Asli M Colpan
  • Organizer: Varieties of Big Business: Business Groups in the West, Harvard Business School
  • Place of Presentation: Boston, MA(USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] Business Groups in the West: Origins, Evolution, and Resilience (2018)
  • Author(s): Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino
  • Total Pages: 592
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780198717973