Region and strategy in Britain and Japan : business in Lancashire and Kansai, 1890-1990 = Ei Nichi Ryokoku ni okeru Chiiki to Keiei Senryaku : Rankasha to Kansai no Bijinesu, 1890-1990

region And Strategy In Britain And Japan Is A Long-term Comparison Of Industrial Development In Manchester And Osaka, Together Making A Substantial Contribution To Our Understanding Of The Continuing Importance Of National And Regional Differences. This Book Is Written Jointly By British And Japanese Scholars Who Are Recognized Authorities In Their Field, Providing An Innovative And Unique Perspective. Chapters Focus On Big Business, Electronics, Shipbuilding And Textiles. The Resulting Study Sheds A Welcome New Light On World Economic History. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Illustrations......Page 11 Tables......Page 13 Contributors......Page 15 Preface......Page 16 1 Region and history......Page 26 Region and State......Page 27 The region and scholarship......Page 28 The resurgence of the region......Page 29 The pre-eminence of Osaka in the regional historiography of Japan......Page 30 The challenge posed by a new approach to regional economic history......Page 31 Notes......Page 32 The primacy of commerce in the initiation of global economic change......Page 34 A comparison of Manchester and Osaka......Page 37 A comparison of Liverpool and Kobe......Page 44 The changing relationship between Lancashire and London, 1890–1926......Page 46 The rise of the Hanshin (Osaka and Kobe) industrial zone, 1890–1935......Page 50 The era of high-speed growth, 1955–73......Page 58 The repercussions of the oil-price shocks, 1973–80......Page 63 The constraints upon business strategy in Lancashire......Page 67 The collapse of the export markets of Lancashire, 1926–90......Page 70 The economic involution of Lancashire......Page 72 The repercussions of the emergence of Tokyo as a world city, 1920–90......Page 78 The transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy......Page 83 The bubble economy in Kansai, 1984–90......Page 89 The importance of regional control over an economy......Page 92 Notes......Page 94 Size of firm......Page 103 Industrial activity......Page 107 Location of head office......Page 113 Expansion from the single site......Page 114 Horizontal integration......Page 115 Vertical integration......Page 116 Diversification......Page 117 Multinational activity......Page 118 Survivors......Page 121 Notes......Page 123 The Lazonick revolution in historiography......Page 141 Barriers to understanding: the difference in business culture......Page 142 The turning point of the 1890s......Page 145 A comparison of the cotton industries in Lancashire and Japan......Page 147 The advantages of Japan: superior marketing strategy......Page 153 The advantages of Japan: cost-cutting capacity......Page 157 Japan and the China market, 1890–1930......Page 161 Japan and the world economic depression, 1929–32......Page 166 The establishment of Japanese primacy in Asian markets: the Dutch East Indies and India......Page 169 The repercussions upon Lancashire, 1926–39......Page 172 The challenge by the mainland of Asia to Japan, 1945–90......Page 174 The repercussions upon Lancashire, 1945–90......Page 177 Notes......Page 178 5 Labour management in the textile industry......Page 185 Notes......Page 200 6 Electronics manufacturers in Osaka and Manchester......Page 203 Founders: culture and strategy......Page 204 Matsushita......Page 207 Ferranti......Page 209 Organisational dynamics......Page 210 Matsushita......Page 211 Ferranti......Page 213 Matsushita......Page 215 Ferranti......Page 222 Indigenous government support......Page 224 Market opportunities and pressures......Page 225 Support from financial institutions......Page 226 Culture, strategy and performance......Page 228 Notes......Page 230 7 A comparison of Cammell Laird and Hitachi Zosen as shipbuilders......Page 234 Notes......Page 252 Sources......Page 253 8 Management education in Japan and the United Kingdom......Page 254 The role and impact of education in economic development......Page 255 Attitudes to management education in Osaka prior to 1945......Page 256 British business and management training prior to the 1940s......Page 260 Postwar educational reform in Japan and the business response......Page 263 Business schools in Britain: a revolution?......Page 267 Conclusion......Page 270 Notes......Page 272 Appendix: Key regional and national developments in the emergence of management education: Japan and the United Kingdom, 1880–1970......Page 277 Introduction......Page 280 The UK......Page 281 Japan......Page 284 UK......Page 296 Japan......Page 311 Conclusion......Page 319 Notes......Page 321 Significant issues arising from the comparison of the Lancashire and Kansai regions......Page 328 The inherent limitations of a national perspective......Page 329 Region and nation during the era of expansion......Page 330 The divergence in business culture between Lancashire and Kansai......Page 331 The inherited image and the statistical reality......Page 333 Notes......Page 334 Index......Page 335 We can therefore applaud this book and its authors ... They have provided fairly comprehensive coverage of two important subregions in Japan and Britain over a long time period. They have given us a book that is well written and well edited. And they have derived some astute, informative comparisons. Gary D. Allinson, Comparative/World