2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research on Corporate Reform and Holding Companies in Japan, Korea and China
Project/Area Number |
16330056
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Economic policy
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Research Institution | Konan University |
Principal Investigator |
KO Yong-Soo Konan University, Department of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (40234687)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIMOTANI Masahiro Kyoto University, Department of Economics, School of Economics, Professor, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (90066837)
HWANG Hyo-Chun Hirosaki University, Department of Literature, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (10234684)
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Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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Keywords | Holding Company / Financial Holding Company / Japan : Korea : China / Zaibatsu / Reform of State-Owned Company / 国有企業改革 |
Research Abstract |
From 1990s Asian companies have been reformed through the Holding Company System. In Japan, the lifting ban on holding companies held in 1997 seemed to be one of the most important changes. First of all, setting up holding companies became much popular since the early 2000s, and especially they are employed as alternative means of direct M & A. In Korea, the lifting ban on holding companies held in 1999. LG group-the second biggest group in Korea achieved structural Reform through this Holding Company System. In China, many big companies have the holding companies as the controlling system. This research project investigated (1)the new interfirm relations holding companies recently produced, (2)the changes in the border of industries the new interfirm relations recently produced, and (3)the new movement of corporate dissolution conducted through various business tie-ups among firms.
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Research Products
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[Book] 持株会社の時代2006
Author(s)
下谷政弘
Total Pages
1-289
Publisher
有斐閣
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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