2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Transferability of the Japanese Management and Production System in Africa: A Comparative Study with Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Central and South America
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22402032
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Business administration
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| Research Institution | Teikyo Heisei University |
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Principal Investigator |
ABO Tetsuo 帝京平成大学, 現代ライフ学部, 特別研究員 (90013028)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMAZAKI Katsuo 静岡産業大学, 経営学部, 教授 (70340122)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SONO Motoyoshi 立正大学, 経済学部, 教授 (00308123)
MIYAJI Toshihiko 帝京短期大学, 現代ビジネス学科, 教授 (20289911)
ITAGAKI Hiroshi 武蔵大学, 経済学部, 教授 (20125884)
KAKU Ensho 明治大学, 経営学部, 教授 (80287888)
KAKU Shishi 帝京大学, 経済学部, 教授 (10516628)
KUMON Hiroshi 法政大学, 社会学部, 教授 (50061239)
ZEN Usoku 中京大学, 経営学部, 教授 (00329658)
YU Seika 帝京平成大学, 現代ライフ学部, 助教 (20573968)
ITOHISA Masato 東京大学, ものづくり経営研究センター, 特任助教 (60609949)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 日本型経営生産システム / アフリカ / 最後発フロンティア / 新興・発展途上国生技術国際移転 / 適用・適応 / ハイブリッド工場 / 多国籍企業 |
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| Research Abstract |
The main results of this research are as follows. 1) As the managerial environment in Africa can be said as European style the production systems at the local Japanese plants must be influenced by its elements and so that similar to the cases in Central and South America. 2) The overall evaluation of transfer level regarding the Japanese production systems in Africa is a little less than the world average, including the both aspects: On the one hand, at the work sites, Japanese style flexible ways of “work-together” and multi- functional skill -orientation have been introduced to some extent but, on the other hand, various problems such as slow-moving of working people and their weak interest in quality of products can be seen. 3) Upbringing of the level of skilled workers and parts suppliers seems to be markedly insufficient. Toyota Motor Co.in South Africa has established its leading position among the auto makers there by having gathered its major affiliate suppliers together in Durban. Judging from the above, local productions by parts suppliers in Africa can be said to be very promising. 4) Active JV-type investments in development of natural resources by Japanese general trading companies are remarkable.
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