第 29 回経営史国際会議の御案内
か ね て御 案 内の 通 り、 第 29 回経 営 史国 際 会議（ 富 士コ ン ファ ラン ス ）は 、 Mergers andAcquisitions in the Long-Term Perspective をテーマに、2008 年 1 月 26 日（土）・27 日（日）の両日に早稲田大学・国際会議場で開催されます。プログラムは下記の通りです。今回の会
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富士コンファランス組織委員会委員長宮島英昭＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊
International Conference on Business History
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Long-Term Perspective
January 26-27, 2008 Tokyo, Japan
Conference Program

Saturda y, January 26
Venue: International Conference Center (Conference Hall No.2) at Waseda University

9:00

Conference Registration

9:10

Opening Remarks (Business History Society of Japan)

Chair: Hideaki Miyajima, Waseda University (Chair of the International Conference on
Business History)
Takeshi Yuzawa, Gakushuin University (President of Business History Society of Japan)
Hiroyuki Okamuro, Hitotsubashi University (Conference Leader)

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9:30

Keynote SpeechPresenter: Leslie Hannah, EHESS (France) and London School of Economics (UK)
Title: The Pre-History of the Takeover Bid

10:20 Coffee Break
10:40-12:40 Session 1: Understanding M& A Wave
Chair: Etuso Abe, Meiji University (Japan)
Presenter: Bram Bouwens, Utrecht University (Netherlands)
Title: Mergers and Acquisitions in a Small and Open Economy: The Second Merger Wave in theNetherlands, 1920-1940
Discussant: Michiru Sawada, Nagoya Gakuin University (Japan)
Presenters: Hideaki Miyajima, Toru Imajoh and Shinya Kawamoto, Waseda University (Japan)
Title: Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan from a Historical Perspective: Understanding M&A
Waves in the Prewar Era
Discussant: Bram Bouwens, Utrecht University (Netherlands)

12:40 Lunch
13:40-15:40 Session 2: M& A and Industrial Change
Chair: Takeshi Yuzawa, Gakushuin University (Japan)
Presenters: Matthias Kipping and Lubovic Cailluet, York University (Canada)
Title: Mergers and Acquisitions in a Long-term Perspective: How Alcan Reshaped theEuropean Aluminium Industry
Discussant: Ayumu Sugawara, Tohoku University (Japan)
Presenter: Fumikatsu Kubo, Chuo University (Japan)
Title: M&A and Reorganization of the Modern Sugar Manufacturing Industry
Discussant: Matthias Kipping, York University (Canada)

15:40 Coffee Break16:00-18:00 Session 3: M&A, Group and Family
Chair: Leslie Hannah, EHESS (France) and London School of Economics (UK)
Presenters: Randall Morck and Gloria Tian, University of New South Wales (Australia)
Title: Business Groups, Mergers and the Economic Growth: Case Study of Canadian BusinessGroups before World War I
Discussant: Yupana Wiwattanakantan, Hitotsubashi University (Japan)
Presenters: Jung Wook Shim and Hiroyuki Okamuro, Hitotsubashi University (Japan)
Title: Mergers by Family and Non-family Firms in Japan 1955–1973: Does Ownership Matter?
Discussant: Gloria Tian, University of New South Wales (Australia)2

18:00 End of the First Day
19:00 Reception
The Rihga Royal Hotel Tokyo

Sunda y, January 27
Venue: International Coference Center (Coference Hall No.2) at Waseda University

9:00

Conference Registration

9:10-11:10

Session 4: M& A and Stock Market

Chair: Hiroyuki Odagiri, Hitotsubashi University (Japan)
Presenter: David Chambers, University of Oxford (UK)
Title: Financial Dependence and Firm Survival in Interwar Britain
Discussant: Kazuki Yokoyama, Nagoya City University (Japan)
Presenter: Tobias Lindqvist, ECON (Sweden)
Title: Acquisition Strategies: Empirical Evidence of Outsider-Toeholds
Discussant: Katsuyuki Kubo, Waseda University (Japan)

11:10 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Session 4 (continued)
Presenter: Thorsten Lübbers, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods(Germany)
Title: Shareholder Value Mining: Wealth Effects of Takeovers in German Coal Mining,
1896-1913
Discussant: Ayumu Banzawa, Osaka University (Japan)

12:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Session 5: M& A and Corporate Change
Chair: Matthias Kipping, York University (Canada)
Presenter: Martin Jes Iversen, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)Title: The Impact and Nature of Trans-National Mergers and Acquisitions: The Case of
Scandinavia, 1950-2000
Discussant: Tomofumi Amano, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Presenter: Hiroshi Sugiyama, Hitotsubashi University (Japan)
Title: Corporate Mergers and Changes in Labor Management: A Case Study of Nippon Steel3

Discussant: Martin Jes Iversen, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)15:30 Coffee Break
15:50-16:50 Session 5 (continued)
Presenter: Takashi Shimizu, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Title: The Effects of Mergers on Firms’ Social Status: An Event History Analysis
Discussant: David Chambers, University of Oxford (UK)

16:50 Closing Remarks
Hideaki Miyajima, Waseda University/ Hiroyuki Okamuro, Hitotsubashi University17:00 End of the Second Day
18:00 Reception (Farewell Banquet) In each session, 30 min. for paper presentation, 10 min. for discussant, and 20 min. for thefloor.

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