Research Consortium

 

Our Research Consortium

  Joined by leading Japanese corporations, HJBS has established a research consortium to share business and research experiences. The consortium works as a liaison to establish long-term relations with corporations, offering us opportunities to both accumulate and analyze longitudinal, internal data from Japanese corporations. The Center holds conferences to share research results with the member corporations.

 

Supporters


“Organizational Deadweight (OD)” The 3rd Term Survey
Project Outline Our research team has studied characteristics of organizational behaviors and strategies in Japanese firms on the basis of systematically collected questionnaire data. In order to explore the issues, we launched a research consortium with Japanese firms in 2004. Since then we have conducted questionnaire survey biannually. In the third survey in 2008FY, more than 1000 managers participated in the survey from 139 business units of 20 firms.
The core concept of our research is “Organizational Deadweight (OD)”, which is defined as “an ineffectual organizational load caused by low organizational cohesiveness that hampers cooperation among middle-level managers pursuing their organizational goals”
Supporters
  1. IHI Corporation
  2. BROTHER INDUSTORIES,LTD.
  3. FUJIFILM Corporation
  4. Hitachi Cable,Ltd.
  5. Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
  6. Kao Corporation
  7. Kikkoman Corporation
  8. Kirin Business Expert Company,Limited
  9. KYOCERA MITA Corporation
  10. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co.,Ltd.
  11. Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd
  12. MISUMI Group Inc.
  13. MITSUI CHEMICALS,INC.
  14. NIPPON EXPRESS CO.,LTD.
  15. NIPPON KAYAKU CO.,LTD.
  16. NIPPON MINING HOLDINFS,INC.
  17. NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO.,LTD.
  18. NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
  19. NORITAKE CO.,LIMITED
  20. Panasonic Corporation
  21. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

“Idemitsu Project: IPO and Products Innovation”
Project Outline The purpose of Idemitsu Project is to make clear Idemitsu Kosan's strategies before and after IPO in 2006. The project focuses on Idemitsu's products innovation, vertical integration and globalization.
Supporter
  1. Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.