Mom-and-pop store in Japan

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  • パパママ・ストア
  • パパママストア

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Mom-and-Pop Store is defined as the small retailer that relies on family labor forces without any regular employee. The small retailer including Mom-and-Pop Store was regard as the burden to the then distribution industry because of that's too small, inefficient and low productivity, however, occupied a considerable position in Japanese commercial history in the postwar. This paper examines the feature and transition of Mom-and-Pop Stores referring to that's alternative and complementary relationship, competitive advantage and disadvantage by using "Census of Commerce".

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  • 社会科学

    社会科学 49 (4), 7-36, 2020-02-28

    Institute for the Study of Humanities & Social Sciences, Doshisha University

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