RGonHEEEI
電気機械産業史研究会
Records of Workshop
The 36th RGonHEEEI Workshop on March 22nd, 2023
Date: on March 22nd, 2023
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Pesenter: Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University)
Title: Construction and transformation of manager education system in Hitachi: Toward the historical formations of human capital
The 35th RGonHEEEI Workshop on January 21st, 2023
Date: on January 21st, 2023
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Pesenter: Shinji Sugiyama (Tohoku Gakuin University)
Title: Hitachi: with a focus on Hitachi Senior Technical School
The 34th RGonHEEEI Workshop on October 29th, 2022
Date: on October 29th, 2022
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Pesenter: Shigehiro Nishimura (Kansai University)
Title: The patent management of RCA, 1920-1944: The internalization of technology market and its boundary
The 33rd RGonHEEEI Workshop on August 27th, 2022
Date: on August 27th, 2022
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Toshihide Arai (PhD Candidate, Chuo University)
Title: The growth factors of MHI in GT/GTCC market.
The 32nd RGonHEEEI Workshop on July 2nd, 2022
Date: on July 2nd, 2022
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University), Hikaru Kondo (Nihon University), Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University)
Title: Emerging a new combination toward a media mix of music and anime: A twist and turn of Nippon Columbia and the rise of the Anison genre in the 1960s and 1990s
The 31st RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on May 7th, 2022
Date: on May 7th, 2022
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Ishizuka, Fumiki (Meiji University)
Title: The labor and HRM of engineer in Siemens AG
The 30th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on February 19th, 2022
Date: on February 19th, 2022
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Taniguchi, Akitake (Emeritus, Tohoku University), Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University)
Title: The evolution of education and skill development system in General Electric: Core worker, engineer, manager, officer
The 29th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on December 18th, 2021
Date: on December 18th, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Yamazaki, Toshio (Ritsumeikan University)
Title: The introduction of American management education in Japan and Germany: Focus on the national characteristics of business management
The 28th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on October 2nd, 2021
Date: on October 2nd, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Krautter, Jonathan (PhD Candidate, Humboldt University of Berlin)
Title: Japanese market entry strategy of German multinationals during high-growth period in postwar Japan, 1950-1975
The 27th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on July 17th, 2021
Date: on July 17th, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Hiramoto, Atsushi (Emeritus, Tohoku University)
Title: Why electrical and electronics conglomerate lose?: A case of Toshiba in electrolytic capacitor business
The 26th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on May 29th, 2021
Date: on May 29th, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Yasuoka, Kunihiro (PhD Candidate, Kyoto University)
Title: Historical change of American patent system and usage of patents in electrical and electronic equipment industry
The 25th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on March 20th, 2021
Date: on March 20th, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Shigehiro Nishimura (Kansai University)
Title: "Patent Management and Globalization of Business Enterprise: A Case of Siemens, 1890–1945"
The 24th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on January 23rd, 2021
Date: on January 23rd, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University)
Title: "Strategy Formation of 'Corporate Community' and a Company's Fire Brigade"
The 23rd RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on November 7th, 2020
Date: on November 7th, 2020
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Fumiki Ishizuka (Tohoku University)
Title: "Personnel System Reform in German Companies: Based on the Discussion of Teiichi Sekiguchi's 'Salaried Job Rating System',"
The 22nd RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on September 26th, 2020
Date: on September 26th, 2020
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Osamu Uda (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Title: "Issues over Edith Penrose's theory: With a focus on the discrepancy with dynamic capabilities framework,"
The 21st RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on July 18th, 2020
Date: on July 18th, 2020
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Akitake Taniguchi (Emeritus, Tohoku University)
Title: "Diversification, Economies of Scope, Synergy,"
The 20th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on June 6th, 2020
Date: on June 6th, 2020
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University)
Title: "Toward Neo-Chandlerian Model: The Historical Experience of Corporate Reform in GE, 1892 – 2019,"
The 2nd meeting of the Study Group on Organizational Capabilities, January 24th, 2020
Date: from 5pm on January 24th, 2020 Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Kunihiro Yasuoka (PhD Candidate, Kyoto University)
Title: "Monopoly and Organizational Capabilities: A critical review of Naomi R. Lamoreaux's 'The Problem of Bigness: From Standard Oil to Google',"
The 20th RGonHEEEI Workshop on March 11th, 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19)
Date: on March 11th, 2020
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Jonathan Krautter (PhD Candidate, Humboldt University of Berlin)
Title: "Japan Strategies of European Electrical and Electronics Enterprises in the Post War: The Cases of AEG, Philips, Siemens,"
The 1st meeting of the Study Group on Organizational Capabilities, December 20th, 2019
Date: from 4pm on December 20th, 2019 Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Hikaru Kondo (Chiba Keizai University)
Title: "Strategy and Structure of Google toward Alphabet, "
Presenters: Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University) and Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University)
Title: "Argument over the concept of Organizational Capabilities and Business History,"
The 19th RGonHEEEI Workshop on December 8th, 2019
Date: from 3:30pm on December 8th, 2019
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Hiroshi Suzuki (Japan University of Economics)
Title: "Points of Difference of Business Cultures between Japanese and American Companies: With a Focus on the Electrical Industry."
The 18th RGonHEEEI Workshop on October 6th, 2019
Date: from 2pm on October 6th, 2019
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Yoko Tanaka (the University of Tsukuba)
Title: "The business development of Siemens: from the 1840s to the 1940s,"
◇Pre-presentations for a panel discussion at BHSJ
"General Electric," Akitake Taniguchi
"Westinghouse Electric," Kenichi Miyata
"Toshiba," Shin Hasegawa
"Hitachi," Yongdo Kim
"Siemens," Pierre-Yves Donzé
The 17th RGonHEEEI Workshop on May 6th, 2019
Date: from 2pm on May 6th, 2019
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Fumiki Ishizuka (Tohoku University)
Title: "HRM of engineers in Siemens after the WWII,"
The 16th RGonHEEEI Workshop on February 9th, 2019
Date: from 2pm on February 9th, 2019
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Theme: A Comparative Business History on Fall of Electrical Conglomerates
Presenter: Yongdo Kim (Hosei University)
Title: "Hitachi."
Presenter: Pierre-Yves Donzé (Osaka University)
Title: "Siemens."
The 15th RGonHEEEI Workshop on December 2nd, 2018
Date: from 1pm on December 2nd, 2018
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Kunihiro Yasuoka, (PhD Candidate, Kyoto University)
Title: "United States Antitrust Law and Firms."
Presenter: Susumu Fuji (Hitachi Ltd)
Title: "Service Innovation Strategy of Hitachi."
Records of Conference
◇A Conference Panel Discussion on Oct 27th, 2019
Organizing a panel discussion at the 55th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan. (See here)
Panel Theme: A Comparative Business History on the Dismantling of Giant Electrical and Electronic Enterprises: Economies of Scope, Decentralization and Centralization, and Refocusing
Facilitator: Atsushi Hiramoto (Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, Japan)
Presenters
Akitake, Taniguchi (Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, Japan): "General Electric Company: From Conglomerating to Break-up"
Kenichi Miyata (Assistant Professor, Meiji University, Japan): "Westinghouse Electric Corporation: The Path to the Demise"
Shin Hasegawa (Professor Emeritus, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan): "Toshiba Corporation: 'Selection Strategy' and its Endpoint"
Yongdo Kim (Professor, Hosei University, Japan): "Hitachi: From an Electrical and Electronic Company to a Social Infrastructure Company"
Pierre-Yves Donzé (Professor, Osaka University, Japan): "Siemens: Refocusing Strategy toward Improving Profitability"
◇The 32nd International Conference on Business History at the 54th Congress of BHSJ on Sep 30th, 2018
Holding a international conference as the 32nd International Conference on Business History (known as "Fuji Conference") at the 54th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan. (See here)
Conference Theme: Toward Global Business History: A Focus on the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Industry
Session I : Human Capital: Japanese Experiences from Comparative Perspective
Chair and discussant：Jürgen Kocka (Professor Emeritus of History, Free University of Berlin, Germany).
Shinji Sugayama (Tohokugakuin University, Japan) "The Salaried Employee’s World and the Worker’s World：A Case of Hitachi Ltd., 1910-1936."
Hiroshi Ichihara (Dokkyo University, Japan) "Job Behavior, Technological Capability Development and Job Carriers of Researchers and Engineers in Hitachi, Ltd. after the Second World War."
Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University, Japan) "From Works Manager Development to Global Leader Development: Historical Analysis of Hitachi’s Executive Education and its Overhaul from the 1960s through the 2000s."
Session II : Organizational Capabilities: Beyond Three-Pronged Investment
Chair and discussant：Pierre-Yves Donzé (Osaka University, Japan)
Fredrik Tell (Uppsala University, Sweden) "Organizational Capabilities in the Heavy Electrical Manufacturing Industry: A Comparative Study of European and American Firms, 1878-1990."
Thomas Lassman (National Air & Space Museum, USA) "Building New Core Competencies in R&D: Academic Science and the Transformation of Industrial Research at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, 1935-1955."
Yongdo Kim (Hosei University, Japan) "The Career Paths of Directors and Organizational Capability in Hitachi, Ltd., 1950-1999."
Session III : International Competition and Cooperation: Toward Global Business History
Chair and discussant：Shigehiro Nishimura (Kansai University, Japan)
Robert Fitzgerald (Royal Holloway University of London, UK) "Global Rivalry, Inter-Firm Networks and Capability Building in the Inter-War Electrical Industry."
Osamu Uda (Nihon University, Japan) / Hikaru Kondo (Chiba Keizai University, Japan) "Myth of 'becoming general': The history of computer business in the U.S. and Japan electrical industries, 1950-1980."
Hartmut Berghoff (University of Goettingen, Germany) "The Troublesome 1990s: Electrical Engineering in the Age of Deregulation and Globalization."
◇A Conference Panel Discussion on Oct 22nd, 2017
Organizing a panel discussion at the 53rd Congress of the Business History Society of Japan. (See here)
Panel Theme: A Comparative Business History on Diversification Strategy and Multi-divisional Organization: With a Focus on the Japanese and American Electrical Enterprises
Facilitator: Shigehiro Nishimura (Kansai University)
Presenters
Akitake, Taniguchi (Chuo University): "General Electric Company"
Kenichi Miyata ( Meiji University,): "Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company"
Atsushi Hiramoto (Tohoku University): "Hitachi"
Shin Hasegawa (Aoyama Gakuin University): "Toshiba"
Commentators: Pierre-Yves Donzé (Osaka University), Osamu Uda (Nihon University)
◇The plenary session at the 52nd congress of BHSJ on Oct 8th, 2016
Organizing a panel discussion at the 52nd Congress of the Business History Society of Japan. (See here)
Panel Theme: Japanese, American, and German Companies: A Historical Comparative Studies on Giant Electrical and Electronic Enterprises
Facilitator: Atsushi Hiramoto (Tohoku University), Shin Hasegawa (Aoyama Gakuin University)
1. "Introduction"
Akitake Taniguchi
2. "Strategy and Structure" and Governance
Akitake Taniguchi (Chuo University) "American Company: GE"
Yongdo Kim (Hosei University) "Japanese Company: Hitachi"
Pierre-Yves Donzé (Osaka University) "German Company: Siemens"
3. Corporate Education System for Managers
Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University) "American Company: GE's Crotonville Management Development Institute"
Yasuo Sekijima (Representative, 3D Learning Associates) "Japanese Company: Hitachi"
Fumiki Ishizuka (Tohoku University) "German Company: Siemens"
Commentators: Shinji Sugayama (Tohokugakuin University), Yoko Tanaka (the University of Tsukuba)
Aim
This project, "RGonHEEEI" (Research Group on the History of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Industry), on which Prof. Akitake Taniguchi is the principal investigator, aims to enlarge international comparative studies on electrical enterprises by focusing on Japanese, American, and German companies.
We welcome foreign researchers who study electrical / electronics enterprises and industries in any aspect, regardless of language. If you have an interest in this field and these firms and industries, please contact to us (or me).
目的：総合電機企業を中心にして電気機械産業発展の国際比較研究を行っている研究会です。
進捗：研究成果については科研費データベースをご覧ください：第3期 here、第2期 here、第1期 here
研究会：研究会の開催については、上記「Records of Workshop」で随時お知らせしています。
※ちなみに「RGonHEEEI」は「リゴンヒィーーー!」という発音になる模様
Members
Taniguchi, Akitake [PI] (Emeritus, Tohoku University)
Hasegawa, Shin (Emeritus, Aoyama Gakuin University)
Hiramoto, Atsushi (Emeritus, Tohoku University)
Ichihara, Hiroshi (Professor, Dokkyo University)
Ishizuka, Fumiki (Professor, Meiji University)
Kim, Yongdo (Professor, Hosei University)
Nishimura, Shigehiro (Professor, Kansai University)
Sugiyama, Shinji (Professor, Tohoku Gakuin University)
Tanaka, Yoko (Professor, University of Tsukuba)
Uda, Osamu (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University)
Yamazaki, Toshio (Professor, Ritsumeikan University)
Hasebe, Hiromichi (Associate Professor, Nihon University)
Kondo, Hikaru (Junior Associate Professor, Nihon University)
Miyata, Kenichi (Associate Professor, Meiji University)
Arai, Toshihide (PhD Candidate, Chuo University)
Yasuoka, Kunihiro (PhD Candidate, Kyoto University)
Hatakeyama, Yujiro (a graduate student, Meiji University)
[past members]
Sekiguchi, Teiichi (Emeritus, Chuo University)
Donzé, Pierre-Yves (Professor, Osaka University)
Takehara, Yugo (Associate Professor, Gakushuin University)
International Research Collaborators
Berghoff, Harmut (University of Göttingen)
Fitzgerald, Robert (Royal Holloway University of London)
Lassman, Thomas (National Air & Space Museum)
Tell, Fredrik (Uppsala University)
Krautter, Jonathan (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Funding Supports
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research of JSPS (KAKENHI), Ref. TBA ) (Apr 2023 - Mar 2026)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research of JSPS (KAKENHI), Ref. 19H01512 ) (Apr 2019 - Mar 2022, an extension to Mar 2024)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research of JSPS (KAKENHI), Ref. 16H03646) (Apr 2016 - Mar 2019)
Publications
2冊の研究書出版に向けてプロジェクトが進行しています。
谷口明丈編『総合電機企業の形成と解体』有斐閣、2023。
谷口明丈編『TBA』