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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954076303321
• Autore: Kudo Akira <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998
• ISBN: 1-283-64187-9; 1-282-37304-8; 9786612373046; 1-134-75009-9; 0-203-01851-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Collana: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
• Disciplina: 337.43052
• Soggetti: Technology transfer - Japan - History - 20th century; Technology transfer - Germany - History - 20th century; Investments, Japanese - Germany - History - 20th century; Investments, German - Japan - History - 20th century; Competition, International - History - 20th century; Japan Foreign economic relations Germany; Germany Foreign economic relations Japan
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-278) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.