2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Business history of design management in Japan since the 1960s
| Project/Area Number |
22K01592
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
ドンゼ ピエール・イヴ 大阪大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (20635718)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
藤岡 里圭 関西大学, 商学部, 教授 (00326480)
菊池 航 立教大学, 経済学部, 教授 (00710724)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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| Keywords | Design / Design management / Business History / Car industry / Apparel industry / Watch industry |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
We prepared the application to a session on design management at the European Business History Association, to be held in Lisbon in July 2024, where we will present the results of our joint research. Our workshops in Tokyo and Osaka helped us to develop a new framework to shed a new light on the lack of competitiveness of Japanese manufacturing companies, by merging approaches in design management and human resources management.
Presentations and papers were made the design management of Japanese car companies and Swiss watch firms. The main investigator cooperated on the preparation of a paper on the impact of housewives on design management in the Japanese electric appliances industry (paper accepted by Business History Review, to be published in 2024).
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
We are following our plan.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
During FY2024, we will present the results of our research at the EBHA conference and prepare a joint paper on design management and competitiveness for an academic journal. The main investigator will publish a book on the design management of Rolex.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Considering increasing travel costs and cheap yen, we have decided to save money in 2023 to be able to attend the EBHA conference in Europe in 2024.
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