The History of the Japanese Record Industry

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06217
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: Okubo Izumi 一橋大学, 大学院商学研究科, 特任助教 (90754804)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 経営学 / 日本経営史 / 産業史 / 音楽産業 / レコード産業 / 製造業 / 技術導入

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project explores the development process of the Japanese record industry from a long-term perspective, focusing on the characteristics as a manufacturing industry. In the first phase until 1967, the environment surrounding enterprises did not change significantly in the Japanese record industry, and the top companies from the prewar period, which had strengths in technology and music software and sales channels, maintained the dominant position. During the second phase from 1968 to 1980, the entry barriers and predecessor superiority disappeared, the market share of leading companies declined, and eventually the latecomer became the leader in the industry. In this research we also clarified the process by which latecomer companies succeeded in new entry and grew using music software and technology.

Free Research Field

経営学、日本経営史