2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Can Tokyo compete as Asia's finance hub?

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16402022
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	海外学術
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Principal Investigator	THOMPSON E・R Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, College of Asia Pacific Management, Professor, アジア太平洋マネジメント学部, 教授 (70343720)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KUHARA Masaharu Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, College of Asia Pacific Management, Professor, アジア太平洋マネジメント学部, 教授 (00319485) ZHANG Wei-Bin Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, College of Asia Pacific Management, Professor, アジア太平洋マネジメント学部, 教授 (90331123)
Project Period (FY)	2004 – 2005
Keywords	Financial Service / Service Sector / Business hub / Business Cluster / Agglomeration economies / Competitive edge of the nation / Multivariate analysis / Measurement model
Research Abstract	The following results have been achieved by March 2006, considering the balance of the result and the cost when comparing London, NY, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Tokyo, with the aim to make a model for Tokyo to be an international finance hub like NY and London : ・International and Domestic Research Assistant (a) Employment (b) Training and (c) Cooperation ・A balance of high quality and low-cost were considered when looking for companies which would supply Letterheads, envelopes, and other supplies. ・The sample of industries that have activities in Japan, London, NY, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Sydney were decided and data concerning a suitable mail list were collected/purchase and confirmed. ・Development, testing, and making of qualitative questionnaires concerning classified autonomous variables and induced variable were done. ・The investigation based on the questionnaire of sample of 20,000 or more domestic and overseas enterprises selected from a classified industrial sector. ・The collected data was input, and a preliminary model was made. The above-mentioned task was executed with diligence, and the data collection concerning this project was ended.