RGonHEEEI

電気機械産業史研究会

Records of Workshop 

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


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


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


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.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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"


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"


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',"


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," 


Date: on July 18th, 2020

Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.

Presenter: Akitake Taniguchi (Emeritus, Tohoku University) 

Title: "Diversification, Economies of Scope, Synergy,"


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,"


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'," 


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," 


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,"


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."


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


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," 


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." 


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

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

Session II : Organizational Capabilities: Beyond Three-Pronged Investment

Session III : International Competition and Cooperation: Toward Global Business History



◇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

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"



◇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

1. "Introduction"

2. "Strategy and Structure" and Governance

3. Corporate Education System for Managers

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:3here第2期 here、第1期 here

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Members

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International Research Collaborators


Funding Supports


Publications

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』