Reception and transfromation of organziational forms in Asia - A comparative analysis

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K03866
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Shimizu Takashi 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (00334300)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 経営組織 / 会社形態 / 株式会社 / 会社法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to investigate historical processes of the introduction of corporate law and related institutions, the use of them, and resulting changes of those law and institutions in Asia.
The result of our study are summarized as follows. First, we indicated how the corporate form had been use in Japan before and after WWII. Secondly, we investigated the developmental process of corporate governance before WWII and examined how law and management, and historical events had interacted with each other and how those interactions resulted in the development of corporate governance. Thirdly, we investigated the use of organizational forms in the era of planned economy in China and Vietnam and find the inseparability of ownership and management as a big issue in these countries.

Free Research Field

経営学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

多くの国々で、様々な経済的な課題に対して、新しい会社制度を導入して解決しようとする動きがあるが、必ずしも上手くいっているとは言い難い。本研究からは、新しい会社制度を導入しても必ずしもその目的通りに機能するわけではなく、それまでの経営慣行との相互作用の中で制度が変化すること、とりわけコーポレートガバナンスについては、日本の発展経路はアメリカとは大きく異なっているため、アメリカ型の導入はおそらくうまくいかないことが明らかになる。