ISHIZUKA FUMIKI    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Business Administration    Position   Professor
Research Period	2016/04～2019/03
Research Topic	Japanese Companies, American Companies and German Companies: Comparative- Historical Research on General Electrical Companies
Research Type	KAKENHI Research
Consignor	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Research Program Type	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
KAKENHI Grant No.	16H03646
Responsibility	Research Contributor
Representative Person	TANIGUCHI Akitake
Details	This research focuses on three companies, Hitachi, General Electric, and Siemens, which are general electric companies that have continued to be the leading companies in the electrical machinery industry, which represents the twentieth century industries. By comparing and examining “Strategy and organizational structure”, “Functions” and “Social relationship” in the period from its birth to today, this research highlights the characteristics of Japanese companies, American companies and German companies, and also analyzes the competition, coordination and mutual penetration of companies in three countries, which will contribute to “International business history”. Furthermore, it was carried out for the purpose of comprehensive research that clarified common characteristics as a twentieth century company or a general electric company.