THE GROWTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SCALE OF COAL MINES DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD : THE CASE OF A SMALL-SCALE MINE
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- Nagahiro Toshitaka
- Osaka University
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- 戦間期小規模炭鉱の経営規模拡大
- センカンキ ショウキボ タンコウ ノ ケイエイ キボ カクダイ
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Abstract
In most previous studies of the Japanese coal industrial history, it is assumed that small-scale coal mines were undeveloped. Large-scale coal mines, such as Mitsui and Mitsubishi, were thought to have monopolized the market during the interwar period. However, there is almost no empirical study that analyzes small-scale coal mines. Therefore, this paper examines the case of Arate coal mine, under small-scale management in the coalfields of Chikuhou during the interwar period.<BR>The coal market share of Arate was greatly extended under the oligopoly of large-scale coal mines from 1930 to 1935. In this study, this factor is analyzed from three angles: a market, production, and finances.<BR>What should be emphasized is that Arate produced high-quality coal that was equal to that of large-scale coal mines. Arate operated under a labor-intensive system, using low wage earnings, and was became able to compete at the same production cost as large-scale coal mines.<BR>That is, Arate competed on an equal footing with large-scale coal mines, in both the market and production cost, and grew in management scale. This paper thus presents a critique of the historical image of small-scale coal mines as undeveloped.
Journal
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- Keiei Shigaku (Japan Business History Review)
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Keiei Shigaku (Japan Business History Review) 37 (2), 30-55, 2002
Business History Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680304206592
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- NII Article ID
- 110000181073
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- NII Book ID
- AN00069081
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- ISSN
- 18838995
- 03869113
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- NDL BIB ID
- 6389754
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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