1st Edition
Industries and Global Competition A History of Business Beyond Borders
Introduction Industry History: Its Concepts and Methods
Takafumi Kurosawa
Part 1: FDI and Global Competition
1. Advantage of Being a Giant: The Global Cigarette Industry since the 1980s
Takashi Hirao
2. Access to Markets, Investment, Continentalization and Competitiveness: The Evolution of the Canadian Auto Sector
Dimitry Anastakis
3. Different Ways to the Global Market: The Dynamics of Japan’s Electrical Equipment Companies
Shigehiro Nishimura
4. Exploring the Rise of Big Pharma: A French-Inspired Model for the Global Vaccine Industry
Julia Yongue
Part 2: Localized Knowledge as a Lasting Competitive Advantage
5. Longevity in Regional Specialization: the Dutch Water Construction Industry
Bram Bouwens
6. Going Global in Fragmented Markets: The European Publishing Industry since the Second Postwar Period.
Nuria Puig and María Fernández-Moya
7. Small, Hidden and Competitive: the Japanese Chemical Industry since 1990
So Hirano
Part 3: Shift in Global Value Chains
8. Sourcing Competition across Industries: Japanese Department Stores and the Global Fast Fashion
Rika Fujioka
9. "Swiss made" but Global: From Technology to Fashion in the Watch Industry, 1950-2010
Pierre-Yves Donzé
10. How to Sail a Sinking Ship – Adapting to the Declining Competitiveness of the European Shipping Industry
Stig Tenold and Jari Ojala
11. Three Markets and Three Types of Competitiveness: Pulp and Paper Industry
Takafumi Kurosawa and Tomoko Hashino
Conclusion
Bram
Biography
- Dr Bram Bouwens is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, Netherlands.
- Pierre-Yves Donzé is a Professor of Business History at the Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, Japan.
- Takafumi Kurosawa is a Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan
