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Governance and Performance of Family Firms and Non-family Firms in Japan: A Comparative Study

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H00901
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07080:Business administration-related
Research InstitutionKwansei Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

KOJIMA Koji  関西学院大学, 国際学部, 教授 (80388727)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 忽那 憲治  神戸大学, 経営学研究科, 教授 (00275273)
菅原 智  関西学院大学, 商学部, 教授 (40331839)
ADHIKARY B.K.  同志社大学, ビジネス研究科, 准教授 (40512976)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥7,280,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,680,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Keywordsfamily business / performance / corporate governance / Japan / marketing / agency problems / family firms / audit quality / finance / Firm value
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The achievements of the research projects can be summarized in three parts: 1. Academic publications including journal articles and books on family firms, 2. Cases of Japanese family firms, and 3. Database of family firms. For academic publications, we publish papers on Japanese traditional family firms in the service industry, comparative analyses between listed family and non-family firms, the relationship between family firms and finance research, and a book on family business and academics. For cases of Japanese family firms, we visited various family firms in Japan in the service industry and wrote cases about their strategies, unique features and etc. Lastly, we created a database for listed family firms in Japan that include corporate governance and financial variables for future analysis.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本は多くの歴史あるファミリービジネスを擁するファミリービジネス大国であるが、ファミリービジネスという形態は、否定的な文脈で用いられることが多い。研究成果が明らかにしたことは、ファミリービジネスの形態が必ずしも古臭くなく、企業業績に対しても、企業存続の永続性に関しても、ポジティブな影響を及ぼしている可能性である。また、多くのファミリービジネスの経営者とのインタビューや訪問調査を通じて、その強みと可能性について改めて確認することができた。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2021 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Comparative Study of Social Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Republic of Korea, Japan, and Taiwan2021

    • Author(s)
      Sugahara Satoshi, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Psychiatry Investig

      Volume: 18 Pages: 1003-1017

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] ファミリービジネス研究への会計学的アプローチ2021

    • Author(s)
      児島幸治
    • Journal Title

      商学論究(関西学院大学商学部)

      Volume: 68 Pages: 67-82

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ファミリービジネスの動向とファイナンス研究2020

    • Author(s)
      忽那憲治
    • Journal Title

      ビジネス・インサイト(現代経営学研究所会報)

      Volume: 110 Pages: 14-19

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: A Comparative Analysis between Listed Family and Non-Family Firms in Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Kojima, Koji, Bishnu Kumar Adhikary, and Le Tram
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Rsik and Financial Management

      Volume: 13 Pages: 215-234

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ファミリービジネスとユニバーサルツーリズム-日本旅館(「なにわ一水」(島根県))をケーススタディとして2020

    • Author(s)
      児島幸治
    • Journal Title

      日本観光経営学会『第1回年次大会学術論文集』

      Volume: 1 Pages: 64-70

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 英国ペントランド社-超優良ファミリービジネスの企業統治と家族統治-2019

    • Author(s)
      忽那憲治、山本一彦、桑山斉
    • Journal Title

      ビジネス・インサイト(現代経営学研究所会報)

      Volume: 106 Pages: 53-71

    • NAID

      40021978330

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] SDGs実現による地方創生-スタートアップやファミリービジネスのためのビジネスプランニング-2019

    • Author(s)
      忽那憲治
    • Journal Title

      商工金融(商工総合研究所)

      Volume: 9 Pages: 5-20

    • NAID

      40021991590

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Motivation to Adopt Game-Based Learning (GBL) for Employee Training and Development: A Case Study2019

    • Author(s)
      SUGAHARA, Satoshi
    • Journal Title

      International Review of Business, Kwansei Gakuin University

      Volume: 19 Pages: 19-34

    • NAID

      120006631215

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] CEO-Chairman Family Relationship and Firm Performance? Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Economy2019

    • Author(s)
      KOJIMA, Koji
    • Organizer
      Asia Academy of Management
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] ファミリービジネスのための産学連携のススメ2021

    • Author(s)
      坂井貴行、忽那憲治
    • Total Pages
      152
    • Publisher
      中央経済社
    • ISBN
      9784502394614
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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