Management problems in the tourism industry and solutions

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26283018
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Tourism Studies
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: HASEGAWA Keiichi 早稲田大学, 商学学術院, 教授 (60218443)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 徳江 順一郎 東洋大学, 国際観光学部, 准教授 (10610115) ; 佐々木 一彰 東洋大学, 国際観光学部, 准教授 (20329915) ; テイラー 雅子 大阪学院大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20330376) ; 森岡 一憲 広島修道大学, 経済科学部, 教授 (40239629) ; 飛田 幸宏 白鴎大学, 経営学部, 教授 (40341771) ; 青木 章通 専修大学, 経営学部, 教授 (80338847)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ITO Yoshihiro 早稲田大学, 商学学術院, 教授 (10168388)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 観光産業 / マネジメント / 経営学 / 会計学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The tourism industry, especially the inbound market, in Japan has been growing since 2011. In the industry, this growth is beneficial to some large firms but not to some middle-sized or small-sized firms. We conducted an interdisciplinary research about the management problems in the tourism industry in Japan. The researchers' original research fields were management, accounting, marketing, public finance, and so on. As a result, we found that there were many middle-sized or small-sized companies in which few management methods were adopted. The managers of such companies are lack of fundamental management concepts or don't know how to do. It is concluded that they must learn more about managerial concepts and ways to let their companies be more efficient and profitable.

Free Research Field

会計学