Region and Strategy in Britain and Japan:

Region and Strategy in Britain and Japanis 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.

List of illustrations

xi

List of tables

xiii

List of contributors

xv

Preface

xvii

Region and history

1

(8)

Douglas A. Farnie

Takeshi ABE

The origins of the region

1

(1)

Region and State

2

(1)

The Region and Scholarship

3

(1)

The intellectual rejection of the region

3

(1)

The resurgence of the region

4

(1)

The pre-eminence of Osaka in the regional historiography of Japan

5

(1)

The challenge posed by a new approach to regional economic history

6

(1)

Notes

7

(2)

Region and nation

9

(69)

Douglas A. Farnie

Tetsuro Nakaoka

The primacy of commerce in the initiation of global economic change

9

(3)

A comparison of Manchester and Osaka

12

(7)

A comparison of Liverpool and Kobe

19

(2)

The changing relationship between Lancashire and London, 1890-1926

21

(4)

The rise of the Hanshin (Osaka and Kobe) industrial zone, 1890-1935

25

(8)

The era of high-speed growth, 1955-73

33

(5)

The repercussions of the oil-price shocks, 1973-80

38

(4)

The constraints upon business strategy in Lancashire

42

(2)

The collapse of the export markets of Lancashire, 1926-90

44

(3)

The economic involution of Lancashire

47

(6)

The repercussions of the emergence of Tokyo as a world city, 1920-90

53

(4)

The transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy

57

(6)

The bubble economy in Kansai, 1984-90

63

(4)

The importance of regional control over an economy

67

(2)

Acknowledgements

69

(1)

Notes

69

(9)

Comparisons between the development of big business in the north-west of England and in Osaka, 1900-1990s

78

(37)

David J. Jeremy

Takeshi ABE

Jun Sasaki

Size of firm

78

(4)

Industrial activity

82

(6)

Location of head office

88

(1)

Strategies and structures

89

(5)

Chairmen

94

(2)

Survivors

96

(1)

Conclusion

97

(1)

Notes

98

(17)

Japan, Lancashire and the Asian market for cotton manufactures, 1890-1990

115

(43)

Douglas A. Farnie

Takeshi ABE

The Lazonick revolution in historiography

115

(1)

Barriers to understanding: the difference in business culture

116

(3)

Barriers to understanding: the entrenched belief in the primacy of manufacturing

119

(1)

The turning point of the 1890s

119

(2)

A comparison of the cotton industries in Lancashire and Japan

121

(6)

The advantages of Japan: superior marketing strategy

127

(4)

The advantages of Japan: cost-cutting capacity

131

(5)

Japan and the China market, 1890-1930

136

(3)

The repercussions upon Lancashire, 1920-25

139

(1)

Japan and the world economic depression, 1929-32

140

(3)

The establishment of Japanese primacy in Asian markets: the Dutch East Indies and India

143

(3)

The repercussions upon Lancashire, 1926-39

146

(2)

The challenge by the mainland of Asia to Japan, 1945-90

148

(2)

The repercussions upon Lancashire, 1945-90

150

(1)

Acknowledgements

151

(1)

Notes

152

(6)

Labour management in the textile industry

158

(18)

Kenneth D. Brown

Kingo Tamai

Notes

173

(3)

Electronics manufacturers in Osaka and Manchester: a comparison of Matsushita and Ferranti

176

(31)

Tetsuro Nakaoka

John F. Wilson

Founders: culture and strategy

177

(6)

The domestic environment and early company growth to the 1940s

183

(5)

Expansion and prospects since the 1940s

188

(9)

Conclusions

197

(5)

Notes

202

(5)

A comparison of Cammell Laird and Hitachi Zosen as shipbuilders

207

(19)

Toru Takamatsu

Ken Warren

Acknowledgement

225

(1)

Notes

225

(1)

Sources

225

(1)

Management education in Japan and the United Kingdom: regional dimensions

226

(26)

John F. Wilson

Tamotsu Nishizawa

The role and impact of education in economic development

227

(1)

Attitudes to management education in Osaka prior to 1945

228

(4)

British business and management training prior to the 1940s

232

(3)

Postwar educational reform in Japan and the business response

235

(4)

Business schools in Britain: a revolution?

239

(3)

Conclusion

242

(2)

Notes

244

(8)

Industrial research in Osaka and north-west UK from the 1920s to the 1960s

252

(48)

Minoru Sawai

Geoffrey Tweedale

Introduction

252

(1)

Public research organisations

253

(15)

Private industrial research

268

(22)

Conclusion

290

(3)

Acknowledgements

293

(1)

Notes

293

(7)

Region and strategy

300

(7)

Douglas A. Farnie

Tetsuro Nakaoka

David J. Jeremy

John F. Wilson

Takeshi ABE

Significant issues arising from the comparison of the Lancashire and Kansai regions

300

(1)

The inherent limitations of a national perspective

301

(1)

Region and nation during the era of expansion

302

(1)

National and regional policy during the era of re-adjustment

303

(1)

The divergence in business culture between Lancashire and Kansai

303

(2)

The inherited image and the statistical reality

305

(1)

Notes

306

(1)

Index

307

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