京都大学 大学院経済学研究科・経済学部

Akira TANAKA

• Activity Database on Education and Research

Basic Information

• Academic Degrees:

  Doctor of Economics (Kyoto University)

• Courses in charge:

  
  

  [Undergraduate] Business History of Modern Japan, Japanese Economy

  
  

  [Graduate] Japanese Economic & Business History, On-sight Research Training, etc.

• Fields of Research:

  Business History, Industry Studies

• Keywords:

  Sogo Shosha, Resource Network, Inter-Firm Relationship

Selected Publications

• Y. Wang, A. Tanaka and X. Huang (2020), “From long-term contract to market: A RBC perspective on international negotiations of iron ore price in the Asia-Pacific region 2009-2010,” International Negotiation, vol.25, 345-371.
• A. Tanaka, Postwar Japan’s Mineral Industry: A Comparative History of Its Procurement System and Sogo Shosha, The University of Nagoya Press, 2012. (in Japanese)
• Y. Wang and A. Tanaka, “From Hierarchy to Hybrid: The Evolving Nature of Inter-Firm Governance in China’s Automobile Groups,” Journal of Business Research, Vol.64, No.1, 2011, 74-80.

Membership of Professional Organizations

• Business History Society of Japan (BHSJ)
• Japan Society for Distributive Sciences (JSDS)
• Japan Academy of International Business Studies (JAIBS)
• The Society for Industrial Studies, Japan