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Advantage of Regions: Comparative Studies of Industries from a Global Perspectiveをテーマに、2013 年 9 月 14 日（土）・15 日（日）の両日に京都大学 本部キャンパス（京都市左京区） 法経東館 「みずほホール」（B1）で開催されます。
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2013 年 7 月 30 日
富士コンファランス・国際交流委員会
委員長 宮島英昭
第 31 回経営史国際会議事務局(CARIS 代表) 黒澤隆文
kurosawa●econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp（↑●を@に置き換えて下さい）

131st International Conference on Business History(New Series of the Fuji Conference)
Co-organized by:Business History Society Japan
and“CARIS” (Competitive Advantage of Regions and Industries)（Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research of JSPS, (A)23243055）

The Competitive Advantage of Regions:Comparative Studies of Industries from a Global Perspective
September 14-15, 2013
Kyoto, Japan
Venue: Mizuho Hall, Basement 1 of the Graduate School of Economics (Main Building), Kyoto University
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Saturday, September, 14, 2013
9:30-9:45

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Takeo Kikkawa (Hitotsubashi University, President of Business History Society of Japan)
Takafumi Kurosawa (Kyoto University) CARIS Project Leader
9:45-12:00

Session I : Methodology, Concepts and Overview

Chair: Bram Bouwens (Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands)

Takafumi Kurosawa (Kyoto University)

Industry Specific Time and Space: Methodology of the Industry History and thePossibilities of Regional Perspective
Jari Ojala (University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland) and Juha-Antti Lamberg (Jyväskylä , Finland)

Evolution of global paper and pulp industry 1800 – 2000: Regional Sources forCompetitiveness of Clusters
Takeo Kikkawa (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo)

Sinking Japan and Floating East Asia: The Cases of the Financial and ChemicalIndustries
Discussant: Matthias Kipping (York University, Toronto, Canada)
12:00-13:15

Lunch Break (“Bento” Lunch Box at RPG Room I and II)2

13:15-15:30

Session II Automobile Industry

Chair: Ayumu Banzawa (Osaka University, Osaka)

Dimitry Anastakis (Trent University, Ontario, Canada)

From National to Continental to International: The Evolution of the Canadian AutoIndustry, 1960-2000
Zejian Li (Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka)

Competitive Advantage and Organizational Dynamics: The Rise of Automobile Makers
in Asia, 1990s-2000s
Harm G. Schröter (University of Bergen, Norway)

The World Truck-Market –A Regional Issue?
Discussant: Takashi Hikino (Kyoto University)
15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:30

Session III Electrical Apparatus and Electronics

Chair: Joost J. Dankers (Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands)

Shigehiro Nishimura (Kansai University, Osaka)

East Asia in Global Market: An Analysis on Electrical Apparatus Industry
Kuo Feng Huang (National Chengchi University, Taipei)

The Development of the Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry since 1960s: The Rise ofSilicon Island
Discussant: Yuki Nakajima (Toyo University, Tokyo)
18:00-20:00 Reception (University Cafeteria & Bar “Camphor ”)

Sunday, September, 15, 2013
9:00-10:30 Session IV Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
Chair: Takashi Shimizu (University of Tokyo)

Raymond G. Stokes (University of Glasgow, UK)

Industrial Constructions and Regional Competitiveness over the Long Term: The Caseof the International Industrial Gases Industry, 1886 to the Present
Julia Yongue (Hosei University, Tokyo)

Towards a New Development Model for the Asian Drug Industries: A Comparison ofLatecomers, Late-latecomers and Outliers
Discussant: Minoru Shimamoto (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan)

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break3

11:00-12:30 Session V Banking as a supporting Industry
Chair: Andrea Schneider (GUG, The Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte e.V.. Germany)

Daniel Wadhwani (University of the Pacific, Stockton, US)

Do Local Banks Bolster Regional Competitive Advantages? U.S. Community Bankingand Economic Development in Comparative Perspective, 1945-1970
Toru Imajo (Hannan University, Osaka)

The Development of Small Business Finance in East Asian Countries: Case studies ofJapan, Korea and Taiwan from Historical Perspective
Discussant: Gerarda Westhuis (Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands)
12:30-14:00

Lunch Break (Restaurant “La Tour” under the Clock Tower)

14:00-16:15 Session VI

Consumer Goods and “B to C” Businesses

Chair: Tomoko Hashino (Kobe University, Kobe, Japan)

Keetie Sluyterman (Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands)

The Rise of Asian Countries as Important Brewers of Beer and the Dutch Brewer
HeinekenTakashi Hirao (Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, Nagano, Japan)

Competitive Advantages of Giants in the Global Cigarette Industry after the 1980s
Rika Fujioka (Kansai University, Osaka) and Pierre-Yves Donzé (Kyoto University, Kyoto)

Emerging Asian Markets and the Growth of the European Luxury Industry, 1960-2010
Discussant: Yuki Yamauchi (Doshisha University, Kyoto)

16:15-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:00 Concluding Discussion
17:00

Closing Remark

Hideaki Miyajima (Waseda University, Tokyo) Chair of the Fuji-Conference Committee

19:00-21:00 Dinner (Downtown)
Partner Project and Supporting Organizations:“BEAT”: Business in Europe and Asia in the Twentieth Century (Utrecht University)
The Center for East Asia Economic Studies, Kyoto University
http://www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~shanghai/Workshop on Economic and Business History (Kyoto University)

4Aim and Focus of the Conference
The purpose of this conference is to provide historical perspectives on the regional dynamics ofindustries and the competitiveness of regions in the global economy.
The questions addressed and methodologies employed at this conference are the following.
1. What industries have become competitive in each region and how has the situation evolved
over time?
・ Comprehensive study of the historical development of regional competitiveness in eachindustry.
2. In cases where changes the competitiveness of a given region took place, why and how did
they occur?
・ Analyses of decisive elements that caused changes in the historical dynamics ofcompetitiveness.
3. Why is there such great variety across industries and regions in terms of the patterns andforms of the “catching-up” process in addition to the rise, decline, maturity and recovery of anindustry?
・ a) Inter-industry comparisons and 2) Investigation of the “matching” and “mismatching”
of the characteristics of the industry and its region-specific conditions.
By examining the first and second questions using individual studies and by synthesizing them at theconference, we will be able to reach a clearer understanding of the regional dynamics ofcompetitiveness.
Background Understanding on the Topic
While there is a plethora of historical studies of industries, they contain three major deficiencies thathave yet to be explored. First, there are many publications on individual firms and historical analyses of
the cases of many industries; however an overarching study combining both is still lacking.
Second is the lack of a clear and common methodology. Contrary to economic history focusing on themacro level (i.e., the economy) and business history on the micro level (i.e. the enterprise), industry
history that deals with the mezzo level lacks a clearly defined and shared methodology. Comparative
studies of several key industries based on common (but minimum) criteria and viewpoints will bringabout a more systematic understanding of industry-specific features and the dynamics of theirdevelopment in a long-term historical perspective.
Third is the lack of a regional focus due to the geographical and linguistic segmentation of the existingstudies. While much research on transnational economic activities and networks was inspired by therapid and deep economic integration in Europe and North America and the changeover from a verticaldivision to a horizontal division of labor in East Asia, studies of industry history focusing on the ‘Region’as a unit, such as East Asia (including Southeast Asia), Europe and North America do not fully address all
the key issues. Most of the work focusing on regions compare national industry histories and do notpay sufficient attention to the real geographical distribution of the economic activity. Focusing on the5‘Region’ would serve to better elucidate the transnational or global value chains within an industry thattranscend national borders.
The competitiveness of the region will be a key concept in exploring these two deficiencies for two
reasons: (1) industry is an arena where competition and cooperation take place; and (2) it iscompetitiveness that explains the rise and decline of an industry in a given region and geographicaldistribution of each element of a given industry.
In this respect, this conference will focus on industry history by giving particular attention to industries’
intrinsic features as well as region-specific conditions. Transnational intra- and inter-industry networks,
commonly shared competitive advantages in the region and features of the industry in the given
regions will be also analyzed.

6List of Participants
1.

Abe, Takeshi (Osaka University, Osaka)

2.

Anastakis, Dimitry (Trent University, Ontario, Canada)

3.

Banzawa, Ayumu (Osaka University, Osaka)

4.

Bouwens, Bram (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

5.

Dankers, J, Joost (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

6.

Donzé, Pierre-Yves (Kyoto University, Kyoto)

7.

Fujioka, Rika (Kansai University, Osaka)

8.

Hashino, Tomoko (Kobe University, Kobe)

9.

Hikino, Takashi (Kyoto University, Kyoto)

10. Hirao, Takashi (Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, Nagano)
11. Huang, Kuo Feng (National Chengchi University, Taipei)
12. Imajo, Toru (Hannan University, Osaka)
13. Kikkawa, Takeo (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo)
14. Kipping, Matthias (York University. Toronto, Canada)
15. Kurosawa, Takafumi (Kyoto University, Kyoto)
16. Li, Zejian (Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka)
17. Miyajima, Hideaki (Waseda University, Tokyo)
18. Nakajima, Yuki (Toyo University, Tokyo)
19. Nishimura, Shigehiro (Kansai University, Osaka)
20. Ojala, Jari (University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä , Finland)
21. Schneider, Andrea (GUG, Frankfurt a M., Germany)
22. Schröter, G. Harm (University of Bergen, Norway)
23. Shimamoto, Minoru (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo)
24. Shimizu, Takashi (University of Tokyo, Tokyo)
25. Sluyterman, Keetie (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
26. Stokes, G. Raymond (University of Glasgow, UK)
27. Wadhwani, Daniel (University of the Pacific, California, US)
28. Westhuis, Gerarda (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
29. Yamauchi, Yuki (Doshisha University, Kyoto)
30. Yongue, Julia (Hosei University, Tokyo)

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