2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative Economic History in Export Inspection Systems and Trade Associations : With Special Reference to "Public" and "Private"Spheres in Modern East Asia
Project/Area Number |
20730233
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Economic history
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Research Institution | Shizuoka University of Art and Culture (2010-2011) Waseda University (2008-2009) |
Principal Investigator |
YOMODA Masafumi 静岡文化芸術大学, 文化政策学部・文化政策学科, 講師 (60453974)
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Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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Keywords | 産地 / 制度 / 企業間協力 / 同業者組織 / 声価 / 輸出品検査 / 取引所 |
Research Abstract |
This research focused upon contrasting differences between prewar Japan and China in terms of inter-firm cooperation and trade associations in the producing districts. To conclude, Japanese industrial order tended to be based on inter-firm cooperation of which main issues were regarded as maintenance and reinforcement of "reputation" in each producing district. The reputation was regarded as public goods by its member, and therefore, export inspection systems, commodity exchanges and trade associations were established by cooperative behaviors among both producers in each industry and governments. In contrast, Chinese order tended to be based on reputation of each company through its own brands or trademarks, not of producing districts as a whole. Because it was not considered as natural that public goods, such as the above reputation and institutions, should be supplied by inter-firm cooperation, such cooperative solutions as often seen in Japan were hard to be found in Shanghai.
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Research Products
(4 results)