Japanese-German business relations : cooperation and rivalry in the inter-war period / Kudo Akira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kudō, Akira, 1946-

Series:

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology transfer--Japan--History--20th century.

Technology transfer.

Technology transfer--Germany--History--20th century.

Investments, Japanese--Germany--History--20th century.

Investments, Japanese.

Investments, German--Japan--History--20th century.

Investments, German.

Competition, International--History--20th century.

Competition, International.

Japan--Foreign economic relations--Germany.

Japan.

Germany--Foreign economic relations--Japan.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume approaches the history of Japanese-German relations from a business history perspective. Starting with an overview of Japanese-German relations which focuses on the environment, strategies and forms of inter-firm relations, Akira Kudo then uses case studies to provide a broader picture, before finally considering strategy, organisational strategy and technology and management transfer in the light of problems identified earlier.

Contents:

Cover; Japanese-German Business Relations: Cooperation and rivalry in the inter-war period; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Overview; 1 Japanese-German business relations; I JAPANESE-GERMAN RELATIONS IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD; II STRATEGY CHOICES OF GERMAN COMPANIES; III FORMS OF BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS; IV CONCLUSION; Part II Export strategy; 2 Competition and cooperation; I GERMAN DOMINANCE AND THE JAPANESE CHALLENGE IN THE 1920's; II THE JAPAN STRATEGY OF THE INTERNATIONAL DYESTUFF CARTELS

III THE CONCLUSION OF SPECIAL MARKET AGREEMENTS IV THE MITSUI INDIGO AGREEMENT; V CONCLUSION; 3 Rivalry between German and Japanese trading companies; I THE ACTORS; II THE BATTLE; III CONCLUSION; 4 Competition and cooperation among German companies; I JAPAN'S PROJECT FOR SYNTHETIC OIL PRODUCTION AND KRUPP'S ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN; II ACTION TAKEN BY OSHIMA OF IMPERIAL FUEL, AND KRUPP AND I.G. FARBEN'S RESPONSE; III CONCLUSION; Part III Licensing strategy; 5 Downstream transfer of the Krupp-Renn process; I THE KRUPP-RENN PROCESS AND JAPANESE BUSINESSES; II THE PLANT-CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

III THE TECHNOLOGY-ABSORPTION PROCESS AT MITSUBISHI MINING'S CHONGJIN PLANT IV CONCLUSION; 6 Downstream transfer of the Haber-Bosch process; I DIFFUSION OF THE HABER-BOSCH PROCESS IN JAPAN; II TECHNOLOGICAL ABSORPTION OF THE HABER-BOSCH PROCESS BY TAKI FERTILIZER WORKS; III CONCLUSION; 7 Downstream transfer of the I.G. process for synthetic oil; I I.G. FARBEN'S LICENSING STRATEGY AND THE JAPANESE SYNTHETIC OIL INDUSTRY; II DEVELOPMENT OF LICENSING STRATEGY; III PROBING THE UNSUCCESSFUL RESULTS; IV CONCLUSION; 8 Upstream transfer of the Shimadzu process

I TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION ON AN EQUAL FOOTING: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OST LURGIII AN ATTEMPT AT LICENSING UPSTREAM; III REVISION OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION; IV CONCLUSION; Part IV Direct investment strategy; 9 Giving up control; I THE PERIOD OF FORCED EXPORT STRATEGY; II FROM LOCALIZATION OF SALES TO LOCALIZATION OF MANUFACTURING; III FUJI ELECTRIC'S MANAGEMENT CRISIS AND THE MOVE TOWARD COOPERATION; IV FORCED LOCALIZATION OF AUTOMATIC SWITCHBOARD MANUFACTURING; V THE FORCED SEPARATION OF COMPANIES; VI CONCLUSION; 10 Concluding remarks; SUMMARY; AMBITION AND PRIDE; Notes; Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-278) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-64187-9

1-282-37304-8

9786612373046

1-134-75009-9

0-203-01851-6

9780203018514

OCLC:

70769127