Technological changens and locational decentralization in the content industry.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720381
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Meiji Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: HANZAWA Seiji 明治学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20514954)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: アニメーション産業 / ゲーム産業 / コンテンツ産業 / デジタル化 / 地方分散

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examines, through the analysis of unpublished quantitative data and interviews, the fact that some firms in the content industry have become inclined to locate their head or branch offices outside Tokyo metropolitan area where most of them are located. They obtain competitiveness by way of keeping a physical distance from Tokyo-centric existed content industries in which business conditions has been deteriorating, and gain superior position in Tokyo.

Free Research Field

人文地理学