LEADER 05226nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910782947903321 005 20230421042008.0 010 $a1-283-64187-9 010 $a1-282-37304-8 010 $a9786612373046 010 $a1-134-75009-9 010 $a0-203-01851-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000004309 035 $a(EBL)165435 035 $a(OCoLC)70769127 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281053 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226918 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281053 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10300079 035 $a(PQKB)10244085 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165435 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165435 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5003273 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL237304 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000004309 100 $a19971001d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJapanese-German business relations$b[electronic resource] $ecooperation and rivalry in the inter-war period /$fKudo? Akira 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 225 1 $aNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-14971-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [262]-278) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aIII 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 327 $aIII 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 327 $aI 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 327 $aIndex 330 $aThis volume approaches the history of Japanese-German relations from a business history perspective. Starting with an overview of Japanese-German relations which focuses on the environment, strategies and forms of inter-firm relations, Akira Kudo then uses case studies to provide a broader picture, before finally considering strategy, organisational strategy and technology and management transfer in the light of problems identified earlier. 410 0$aNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series. 606 $aTechnology transfer$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTechnology transfer$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aInvestments, Japanese$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aInvestments, German$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCompetition, International$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aJapan$xForeign economic relations$zGermany 607 $aGermany$xForeign economic relations$zJapan 615 0$aTechnology transfer$xHistory 615 0$aTechnology transfer$xHistory 615 0$aInvestments, Japanese$xHistory 615 0$aInvestments, German$xHistory 615 0$aCompetition, International$xHistory 676 $a337.43052 700 $aKudo?$b Akira$f1946-$01490315 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782947903321 996 $aJapanese-German business relations$93711652 997 $aUNINA