2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Historical Analysis of the Business Development of Japanese Wholesale Companies of Daily Necessities after the 1980s
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25380448
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic history
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| Research Institution | Meiji University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 中間流通 / 卸業 / 日用雑貨 / 伊藤伊 / ナショナル・ホールセラー / ロジスティック・システム / ２次卸 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study reviews the development of Ito-I, which was one of the most influential wholesale companies of the Tokai area. This case study, done using business historical methods, attempts to clarify the managerial factors that enabled a wholesale company to continue to maintain its wholesale role contrary to the prediction of "the wholesale dealer unnecessary theory." Ito-I broadened its business scope and changed from being a conventional secondary wholesale partner to becoming a retail direct marketing firm after the 1980s. Under the pressure of vertical competition from both manufacturers and the growth of retail companies, Ito-I strengthened its bargaining power under its managerial leadership based upon its accumulated financial power, organizational innovation, and its information, logistic and merchandising systems. These qualities allowed Ito-I to keep superiority of economy of scale, scope and speed.
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| Free Research Field |
日本経営史・日本企業者史
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