The Pressures of Globalization in Retail: The Path of Japanese Department Stores, 1930s–1980s

Fujioka, Rika

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“…There are several examples of failure with regard to retailers' attempts at internationalization, including that of Marks and Spencer (M&S; Burt et al 2002), Japanese department stores (Fujioka 2013), and French hypermarkets (Dupuis and Prime 1996). Around 70% of all overseas Japanese department stores and supermarkets were closed down by their parent companies (Kawabata 2011).…”

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Industries and Global Competition

2017

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Changes in the dynamics of economic activities since the last decades of the 20th century have yielded major changes in the composition of industries and in the division of labor and production across different regions of the world. Despite these shifts in the global economy, some industries have remained competitive even without relocating their operations overseas.Industries and Global Competition examines how and why the specificities of certain industries and firms determined their choice of location and competitiveness. This volume identifies the major drivers of this process and explains why some firms and industries moved to other parts of the world while others did not. Relocation was not the sole determinant of the success or failure of firms and industries. Indeed, some were able to reinvent themselves at their original location and build new competitive advantages. The path that each industry or firm took varied. This book argues that the specific characteristics of each industry defined the conditions of competitiveness and provides a wide range of cases as illustrations.Aimed at scholars, researchers and academics in the fields of business history, international business and related disciplines, Industries and Global Competition examines the unique questions: How and why did the specificities of certain industries and firms determine their choice of location and competitiveness?

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The Formation of a Technology-Based Fashion System, 1945–1990: The Sources of the Lost Competitiveness of Japanese Apparel Companies

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Fujioka²

2020

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Over the past two decades, the Japanese apparel industry has lost its competitiveness after experiencing a period of fast growth from the postwar years to the early 1990s. In international literature in social sciences, most scholars offer ethnic-based explanations of fashion in Japan, stressing some specificities such as street fashion or star designers in Paris. This article, however, argues that such views are biased and cannot explain the current lack of competitiveness of the Japanese apparel industry. Using the concept of the “fashion system” and following a business history-oriented approach, we offer a new interpretation of the emergence of Western clothing and fashion in Japan during the second part of the twentieth century. This interpretation demonstrates that the characteristics of the Japanese fashion system lie in a focus on the issues of production and technology, both of which led both to an extreme segmentation of the domestic market and to weaker brands.

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Les PME industrielles dans l’économie japonaise de 1880 à nos jours

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2017

Marché Et Organisations

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Cet article porte sur la place des PME industrielles au sein du système économique et de la politique économique du Japon des années 1880 à nos jours. Sur la base de statistiques et de rapports officiels, ainsi que de publications académiques, essentiellement en langue japonaise, il met en lumière la situation de dépendance des PME envers les grandes entreprises, jusque dans les années 1970 (dans le cadre d’une « double structure industrielle »), et la permanence d’une politique visant à « moderniser » les PME. Cette contribution montre également l’existence de PME spécialisées et compétitives, qui commencent à être perçues positivement par le gouvernement depuis les années 1970 et deviennent peu à peu un modèle à suivre, et non plus un problème à résoudre, pour permettre à l’économie japonaise de retrouver le chemin de la croissance.

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The Pressures of Globalization in Retail: The Path of Japanese Department Stores, 1930s–1980s

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Industries and Global Competition

Industries and Global Competition

The Formation of a Technology-Based Fashion System, 1945–1990: The Sources of the Lost Competitiveness of Japanese Apparel Companies

Les PME industrielles dans l’économie japonaise de 1880 à nos jours

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