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Kaisha-Shi: a Brief Glimpse of Japanese Company Histories and Company Culture Journal of East Asian Libraries Volume 2001 Number 124 Article 6 6-1-2001 Kaisha-shi: A Brief Glimpse of Japanese Company Histories and Company Culture Eizaburo Okuizumi Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Okuizumi, Eizaburo (2001) "Kaisha-shi: A Brief Glimpse of Japanese Company Histories and Company Culture," Journal of East Asian Libraries: Vol. 2001 : No. 124 , Article 6. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal/vol2001/iss124/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of East Asian Libraries by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. KAISHASHIKAISHA SHI BRIEF GLIMPSE JAPANESE COMPANY HISTORIES COMPANY CULTURE eizaburo okuizumiOkuizumi university chicagoz1za note originally paper presented ath4th international conference japanese information science technology industry business held newcastlle upon tyne united kingdom september 585 8 1995 paper revised updated presentation company japanese histories interest group meetingzlal annual meetingz1za association asian studies held chicago march 2001 introduction kaishadaisha shi publication providingC companascompanyscompanys history usually written compiled produced distributed company daishakaisha shi impressively compiled works generally rangingz1za tn hundred several hundred pagesZ cases even historical illustrations photographs I1 available directly companies themselves generally available sale regular book market 2 obviously circulation number copies kaishadaisha shi limited compared commercial publications increasing number companies now publishing kaishadaisha shi estimated new kaishadaisha shi produced every two days 3 daishakaisha shi unique type publication excellent source detailed information japans business industrial world serve tool rgainingt1ta greaterI1 understanding japanese companies activities products structures histories even socioeconomicsocio economic roles local well international communities records individual companies formerly unavailable persons connected operations kaishadaisha shi however made information much accessible public providing wealth information rationale process decision making business stratestrategiesoiesoles operations manaaernentmanagement union relationships related numerical data chronologies hand should kept mind each company prefers publicize positive stronger aspects rather negative potentially image damaging records C t company determines what included published kaishadaisha shi means records certainly research works kaishadaisha shi written companies themselves 1 kaishadaisha shi called shashi shashishoshashisho nenshibenshi 2 approximately 90 kaishadaisha shi sale publications few exceptions mitsubishi shashi university tokyo press 197919841979 1984 example consists 41 volumes costs 322000y322000 per set 3 junichi aoyanagikoyanagiAoyanagi shashi futsuka ni itten1 ttenaten tanjobanjo tsundokuhenjotsundokuTsundoku henjobenjo mezasu nihon keizaikeizar shinbunShinshinjunbun july 18 1993 traditionally kaishadaisha shi criticized 4 words readers authors list prices book stores niigata nippo 50 nenshibenshi 1992 postscript 26 thus mainly emphasize favorable aspects researchers must cautious using them 4 beyond these weak points however kaishadaisha shi attract attention many quarters includingZ15 mass media special libraries academic research libraries due rapid industrialization japan since early meiji period addition kaishadaisha shi widely used groups keieishiKeieishi zakkaigakkai business history society japan hereinafter BHSJ established 1964 order study business history japan 5 reflected BHSJs quarterly journal kelel shigaku japan business history review whose articles frequently cite kaishadaisha shi 6 before formation BHSJ number scholars studied histories transitions business systems business affairs japanese foreign companies however BHSJ believed business history specific field independent economic history business administration founding members BHSJ keiichiro nakagawa then professor university tokyo studied harvard universitys business school 1958 1960 recognized authorities kaishadaisha shi 77 users kaishadaisha shi include members keidanrenKeidanren japan federation economic organizations abbreviated japanese keidanrenKeidanren established august 161619461946 nationwide business association keidanrenKeidanren comprises 118 association members 1007 corporate members total 125 regular members january 232320012001 maintains close contact both publicgovernmentalpublic governmental private sectors japan abroad work resolution major problems facing business community without question contribute sound development japanese world economies members regularly use kaishadaisha shi keep abreast activities member associations companies characteristics kaishadaisha shi authors daishakaisha shi corporations themselves case furukawa denkibenki kogyobogyo kabushikiKabushiki kaishas bogyosogyo 100 nenshibenshi example edited nihon keieishiKeieishi kenkyujoKenkyujo published produced furukawa denkibenki 1991 individual author names standard cataloocataldocatalog databases fact however particular kaishadaisha shi written company professor haruhitoHaruhito takeda university tokyo professor makoto hasegawa shizuoka university professor eisuke daito university tokyo revealed 4 since collapse bubble economy global factors kalska shishl increasingly become balanced providing both positive negative information 5 address BHSJ institute social science university tokyo 737317 3 1 hongo sunkyobunkyo ku tokyo 113 japan phone 03 381221113812 2111 ext4947ext 4947 6 october 1983 618 individual members 41 corporate members BHSJ BHSJ publishes quarterly formerly 3 times year kefel shigaku contains articles research notes abstracts english reports book reviews including reviews kaishadaisha shi holds annual meeting international conference every year information see hidemasa morikawa report longtermlong term trends business history society japan japanese yearbook business history 1984 japan business history institute 132 BHSJs journal published university tokyo press carried major academic libraries united states beginning inaugural issue voivolavolvol11 nolnoi I1 june 1966 current 7 keiichiro nakagawa kigyokigyos senryokuSenryoku shitenoshigeno shashi shashi company strength chuo koron keieikegei mondai autumn issue 1978 667266 72 continuation nakagawasNakaga article winter 1963 issue same publication pages 232242232 242 27 unnumbered postscript furukawa denkibenki organized established editorial committee kaishadaisha shi consisting three elements henshuhanshu sha editors seisaku sha producers shuppitsushuppitsu sha writers shashi hensanshitsu companascompanyscompanys kaishadaisha shi office kaishadaisha shi now created groups experienced professionals specialists working company said companies produce kaishadaisha shi purposes 1 educating management ke kyoikukyoiku 2 educating lower level administration hightl rankingt1ta level employees ieisha tl employees jugyoin kyoikukyoiku 3 conducting public relations activities PR katkatsuyosudo 8 plants andor branches comprising company may produce own daishakaisha shi discussed above daishakaisha shi generally sale publications unavailable through regular book market available directly companies infuruhonmfuruhon ya shotenkoshotenko used book dealers special book dealers reason kaishadaisha shi often called illegitimate children publications typically kaishadaisha shi include preface greeting company president andor chairperson text introducing company then discussing birth growth new business areas 41goals appendix chronochronolocchronologylocgy notes select bibliographyz1za index daishakaisha shi number illustrations photographs color excellent quality recently foreign languageC zlal editions full summary form published 9 researching kaishadaisha shi should noted formal name company may change sometimes frequently kanji katakana japanese mergers splits 101 foreignC languageb 0 case company mergerst absorptions large number importance ofkaishakaishadaisha shishl reflect popular description japan japan country fueled kaishadaisha shugi company ism 111 I1 sense kaishadaisha shi seen windows mirrors modem japanese culture society kaishiakaishian shi provides clear view companascompanyscomp anys culture social andor philanthropic activities first kaishadaisha shi explains companascompanyscompanys official ideology expressed company song essays founder company elders lists goals values shazechaze shakun celebrated annual celebrations public events second listingZD executives backgrounds companascompanyscompanys kaishadaisha shi reveals 8 nobuhisa fufujitajita kindal keieishikeleishiKeiKelkeleishikeishi 0 sagurusuguru Shashashigakushigaku kotohajimeKotohajime nagao bunko ni boruyoru kigyokigyos sanayosangyo dantal shi sogo kenryukenkyu ryukoku 24 1991 182121182118 212121 21 address ryukoku university library 67 fukakusaFukakusa tsukamoto cho fushimi ku kyoto 612 japan phone 075 6421111642 illiiiii1111 fax 075 6417955641 7955 9 example toyota motor briefbriehistoryBrie history 1982 20pp Mitmitutoyoutoyo mfgmag ltd 50 year history Mitmitutoyoutoyo 19861996 203 appp nippon life insurance 100 year history nippon life growth socioeconomic setting6 188919891889 1989 1991 389 appp 10 titles majority kaishadaisha shi begin company name always case
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