PROGRAM:

 

September 28th (Fri)

18:00- Welcome reception
 

September 29th (Sat)

International Sessions and Plenary Session (If you’d like to participate in)
Congress Reception (Evening)
 

September 30th (Sun)

9:30-9:45 　Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Minoru Sawai （Nanzan University, Japan) President of BHSJ
Akitake Taniguchi (Chuo University, Japan) Project Leader of “RGonHEEEI”
9:45-11:30 　Session I : Human Capital: Japanese Experiences from Comparative Perspective
Chair and discussant：Jürgen Kocka (Professor Emeritus of History, Free University of Berlin, Germany).
Shinji Sugayama (Tohokugakuin University, Japan)
The Salaried Employee’s World and the Worker’s World：A Case of Hitachi Ltd., 1910-1936 [Abstract]
Hiroshi Ichihara (Dokkyo University, Japan)
Job Behavior, Technological Capability Development and Job Carriers of Researchers and Engineers in Hitachi, Ltd. after the Second World War. [Abstract]
Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University, Japan)
From Works Manager Development to Global Leader Development: Historical Analysis of Hitachi’s Executive Education and its Overhaul from the 1960s through the 2000s[Abstract]
11:30-13:00 　Lunch Break
13:00-14:40 　Session II : Organizational Capabilities: Beyond Three-Pronged Investment
Chair and discussant：Pierre-Yves Donzé (Osaka University, Japan)
Fredrik Tell (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Organizational Capabilities in the Heavy Electrical Manufacturing Industry: A Comparative Study of European and American Firms, 1878-1990. [Abstract]
Thomas Lassman (National Air & Space Museum, USA)
Building New Core Competencies in R&D: Academic Science and the Transformation of Industrial Research at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, 1935-1955. [Abstract]
Yongdo Kim (Hosei University, Japan)
The Career Paths of Directors and Organizational Capability in Hitachi, Ltd., 1950-1999. [Abstract]
14:40-14:55 　Coffee Break
14:55-16:35 　Session III : International Competition and Cooperation: Toward Global
Chair and discussant：Shigehiro Nishimura (Kansai University, Japan)
Robert Fitzgerald (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
Global Rivalry, Inter-Firm Networks and Capability Building in the Inter-War Electrical Industry. [Abstract]
Osamu Uda (Nihon University, Japan) / Hikaru Kondo (Chiba Keizai University, Japan)
Myth of “becoming general”: The history of computer business in the U.S. and Japan electrical industries, 1950-1980 [Abstract]
Hartmut Berghoff (University of Goettingen, Germany)
The Troublesome 1990s: Electrical Engineering in the Age of Deregulation and Globalization. [Abstract]
16:35-17:00 　Concluding Discussion
17:00 　Closing Remark
Hideaki Miyajima (Waseda University, Japan) Chair of the Fuji Conference Committee
18:00-20:00 　Dinner (Downtown)