Study for Revealing the Mythic Functions of Efficiency

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780234
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Kyushu Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: Uenishi Satoko (ホームズ聡子) 九州産業大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (70632842)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 効率性概念 / 計算装置 / 道具

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to comprehend the relationship between “efficiency” and “institution” from the perspective of institutional theory. Although the relationship between efficiency and institutions　has mainly been discussed in transaction cost theory, it is also important in institutional theory, developed as a starting point to decipher the works of Weber (1920, 1976).
This work explores the implications of institutional theory which can be called “mythic functions” (Meyer, 2008, p.795) of efficiency by explaining the relationship between efficiency and institutions. I observe the mystic functions of efficiency in the transactions of Japanese keiretsu (q.v. Asanuma, 1989), a unique form of transaction between assemblers and subcontractors in Japan, by examining the relationship surrounding a subcontractor who processes parts for assembling.

Free Research Field

経営組織論