Region and Strategy in Britain and Japan: Business in Lancashire and Kansai 1890-1990

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