1990 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Birth and Growth of Subcontracting Networks, A Comparative Historic Perspective
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01530023
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
経済事情及び政策学
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| Research Institution | Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
ODAKA Konosuke Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Professor of Economics, 経済研究所, 教授 (90017658)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1989 – 1990
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| Keywords | Subcontracting, / Medium- and small-scale firms, / Network, / Auto parts, / Japanese economy, / Southeast Asian economies |
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| Research Abstract |
Major findings of the project are, first, that the productive capabilities of the Japanese machinery industry, especially those of the automobile parts suppliers, were yet quite premature until the post-WWII decades (perhaps the mid-1960s). This finding is corroborated by the first-hand examination of original records of the Ford Motor Japan, Inc.
Second, success or failure of technology transfers from Japan to contemporary developing nations hinges critically on (a) skill formation of the indigenous work force on the one hand, and (b) on the manner and form of decision-making and the flow of production information in work organization.
It is hoped that these findings will form a basis for further empirical analysis of the vertical division of labor in the industrial structure of the machinery industry, both in Japan and elsewhere.
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