著者
藤井 信幸 富永 憲生 大森 一宏 辻 智佐子 中島 裕喜 張 楓
出版者
東洋大学
雑誌
基盤研究(C)
巻号頁・発行日
2008

特定地域に集積する多様な在来産業・中小企業について、高度成長期とその後への変化を比較し、その変容過程を明らかにするために事例研究を積み重ねた。事例として取り上げたのは、陶磁器業、木材・木製品工業、綿工業、機械工業ならびに電球工業である。これらの事例研究から、第一に、大量生産システムから多品種少量生産への転換の正否が、1970 年代以降の産地の盛衰に直結した、第二に、この転換の成功が必ずしも地域の雇用の増加には結びつかなかったことなどの事実が判明した
著者
中島 裕喜
出版者
経営史学会
雑誌
経営史学 (ISSN:03869113)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.33, no.3, pp.1-27, 1998-12-25 (Released:2009-11-06)

This paper focuses on Electronic Components makers (of mainly capacitors, resistors, transformers, speakers) from 1945 to 1960. Though most of them were small and medium firms, they established a high volume of production with many new components that large scale firms were unable to make. They also achieved a high growth in their scale of operations from less than 10 workers to more than 300, sometimes 1000 workers within only a 15 year time period. These firms will be referred to as Specialty Components Makers. Here I study how they achieved such progress. In doing so, this period will be divided into two eras of Reconstruction (1945-52) and Growth (1953-60).During the Reconstruction era, many electronic components makers were founded. The founders didn't require expensive capital equipment because electronic components were labor intensive. They sold their products through merchants mainly located in Tokyo and Osaka. The merchants established a wide marketing network and components makers could increase their sales through these networks. To increase production without much investment they formed many cooperative associations. Furthermore, they needed to acquire much electronic technology and founders pursued various cooperative investigation by the support of public research institutes.During the growth era, the radio and television industries began developing quickly. Main customers of component makers switched to radio and television assembling makers. To catch up with increasing demand, components makers had to expand their product line. Much of investment was put into building factories and firm scale expanded. They also needed to produce high quality components. However such a huge investment created a lack of funds for research. So they were still strongly dependent on cooperative investigations. As a result, many components makers became specialized components makers, accumulated high technology within the firm, and achieved high volume production by the end of 1950s.