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The Development of Business Groups: An International Comparison

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23530467
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Business administration
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Hikiho Takashi  京都大学, 経営学研究科, 客員教授 (50301825)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) COLPAN Asli  京都大学, 経営管理大学院, 准教授 (70511286)
Project Period (FY) 2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywordsビジネス・グループ / 事業部制組織 / 組織内能力 / 競争資産 / 長期経済成長 / ビジネスグループ / 非関連多角化戦略 / 組織統合能力 / 経済発展 / 大企業 / 経営組織 / 国際研究者交流 / 国際情報交換 / 経営戦略 / 国際経営 / 発展途上経済 / ヨーロッパ / 北アメリカ
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Business groups have been conventionally assumed to have played a significant and positive role in enhancing the competitiveness of large enterprises only in emerging economies. Business groups may rely on unrelated diversification, when economic settings remain not competitive. The present research project has identified the intra-firm factor of accumulated competitive resources and dynamic capabilities to elevate business groups to compete in competitive markets. Those resources and capabilities are different from the product-specific ones that have been usually identified in mature industrial economies. They rather are product-transcending and related to such functions as finance, human resources, marketing, and management. Based on the application of these capabilities, family-controlled groups in Europe and value-investing conglomerates in the United State have sustained their competitiveness in contemporary economy.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 8 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Koc University(Turkey)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Economic Research Forum, Koc University2015

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Hikino
    • Journal Title

      Economic Research Forum, Koc University Research

      Volume: 2015-01 Pages: 1-4

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The functions of the HQ unit in the Multidivisional Firm Revisited2014

    • Author(s)
      Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino
    • Journal Title

      Proceeding of the international conference on Capitalism and Corporation

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-24

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Open Innovation and Equity Alliance in Corporate Groups: The Case of Panasonic in Japan2014

    • Author(s)
      Hiroyuki Nakazono, Takashi Hikino and Asli M. Colpan
    • Journal Title

      Open Innovation through Strategic Alliances, edited by Refik Culpan

      Volume: 1 Pages: 234-255

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Open Innovation and Equity Alliances in Corporate Groups: The Case of Panasonic in Japan2014

    • Author(s)
      Hiroyuku Nakazono, Takashi Hikino and Asli M. Colpan
    • Journal Title

      Open Innovation through Strategic Alliances

      Volume: 1

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] How does export commitment and product diversity affect the international scope-firm performance relationship: Evidence from Japan2013

    • Author(s)
      Asli M. Colpan, Andrew Delios and Takashi Hikino
    • Journal Title

      Asian Business & Management

      Volume: 12 Pages: 142-172

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Internationalization of East Asian firms2013

    • Author(s)
      Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino
    • Journal Title

      Asian Business & Management

      Volume: 12 Pages: 1-13

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Internationalization of East Asian Firms2013

    • Author(s)
      Colpan, A.M. and T. Hikino
    • Journal Title

      Asian Business & Management

      Volume: 12 Pages: 1-14

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] How Does Export Commitment and Product Diversity Jointly Affect the International Scope-Firm Performance Relationship?: Evidence from Japan2013

    • Author(s)
      Colpan, A.M., Delios, A. and T. Hikino
    • Journal Title

      Asian Business & Management

      Volume: 12 Pages: 145-175

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Shareholder Heterogeneity and Conflicting Goals: Strategic Investments in the Japanese Electronics Industry2011

    • Author(s)
      共著 (共著者: アスリ チョルパン、好川透)
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Mangement Studies

      Volume: 48巻3号 Issue: 3 Pages: 591-618

    • DOI

      10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00958.x

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] “Does Abenomics rescue corporations and revitalize industries of Japan”2015

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      Economic Research Forum, Koc University
    • Place of Presentation
      Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-15
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The functions of the HQ unit in the Multidivisional Firm Revisited2014

    • Author(s)
      Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      The international conference on Capitalism and Corporation
    • Place of Presentation
      イタリア、ミラノ、ボッコーニ商科大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-23 – 2014-10-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Business Groups and Corporate Governance in Japan2014

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      Kyoto University-Thammasat University International Seminar
    • Place of Presentation
      京都、京都大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-16
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Diversified Business Groups vs. Chandlerian Multidivisional Enterprises: Characteristic Resources and Competitive Dynamics2012

    • Author(s)
      Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      World Economic History Congress
    • Place of Presentation
      南アフリカ、ステレンボッシュ、University of Stellenbosch
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The resilience of business group organization in competitive markets

    • Author(s)
      Asli Colpan and Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      World Business History Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The evolution and resilience of the business group organization in economic development

    • Author(s)
      Asli Colpan and Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      Kyoto International Conference on Business Groups
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Diversified Business Groups vs. Chandlerian Multidivisional Enterprises: Characteristic Resources, strategy models and structural designs

    • Author(s)
      Asli Colpan and Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      European Business History Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Foundations of Business Groups: Towards and Integrated Framework

    • Author(s)
      Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Business Groups in Southern Europe: Strategy and Structure
    • Place of Presentation
      ポルトガル、リスボン、Nova School of Business
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Corporate economy for sustainability

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      Innovative and Sustainable Development(招待講演)
    • Place of Presentation
      トルコ、イスタンブール、コッチ大学
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The evolutionary path of the firm

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      Business Groups in Southern Europe: Strategy and Structure(招待講演)
    • Place of Presentation
      ポルトガル、リスボン、ノヴァ・スクール・オブ・ビジネス
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Interactive Effects Of International Operational Scope, Export Commitment, And Product Diversification In Japan's Electronics Firms

    • Author(s)
      Asli Colpan, Andrew Delios and Takashi Hikino
    • Organizer
      International Expansion of East Asian Firms
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Business Groups in Japan:Their Evolutionary Pattern in Comparative Perspectives

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Hkino
    • Organizer
      Comparative Evolution of the East Asia Firms(招待講演)
    • Place of Presentation
      ソウル大学
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Business Groups in the West2016

    • Author(s)
      Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino
    • Publisher
      Oxford University Press
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Oxford Handbook of Business Groups (paperback edition)2012

    • Author(s)
      Colpan, A. M., Hikino T. and J. R. Lincoln (eds)
    • Total Pages
      799
    • Publisher
      Oxford University Press
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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