2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research on globalization and localization of the sogo shosha : Regulation theory perspective
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17520541
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | Oita University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAMACHI Yoshihiro Oita University, Faculty of Economics, Professor (50219804)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | Economic Geography / Globalization / Localization / Sogo Shosha (Japanese general trading company) / Regulation theory |
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| Research Abstract |
The sogo shosha(general trading company) are uniquely Japanese institutions which have played a highly significant role in the development of the Japanese economy, both domestically and internationally. They have experienced a massive restructuring during 'the post-bubble recession' in the late 1990s. There were nine leading sogo shosha in the early 1990s, but there are only six in 2007. The bottom three of them disappeared. This research takes an example of the sogo shosha and explores how they overcome a dilemma in business between global integration and local orientation. An economic geographer, Erick Swyngedouw, coined the phrase 'glocalization' to refer to a relationship between the global and the local. The sogo shosha could be a good example to study the notion of 'glocalization'. Furthermore, the author tries to situate this research into the 'glocalization' discussion, and more widely in the discussion of regulatory regime transformation.
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Research Products
(12 results)
