Workshop
研究会
研究会
The 50th RGonHEEEI Workshop
Date: TBA, 2025
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: TBA
Title: TBA
49th RGonHEEEI Workshop
Date: August 25th, 2025
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter 1: Yongdo Kim (Hosei University)
Title: Career Paths and Attributes of Hitachi’s Top Management, 1950s–1990s
Presenter 2: Shigehiro Nishimura (Kobe University)
Title: Multi-Divisional Structure and the Organizational Capabilities of GE’s Central Research Laboratory, 1950–1970
The 48th RGonHEEEI Workshop
Date: April 27th, 2025
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter 1: Yasuhito Morihara (Senshu University)
Title: Vertical Disintegration and Reintegration: Challenges of Modern Mass Production in the IT and Electronics Industry
Presenter 2: Yujiro Hatakeyama (Graduate student, Meiji University)
Title: A Business History of Innovation Management at Apple Computer Inc., 1979–1989: Exploring the Contemporary Significance of the Modern Industrial Enterprise
The 47th RGonHEEEI Workshop
Date: March 1st, 2025
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter : Hiroyuki Nakazono (Hiroshima Shudo University)
Title: Corporate Strategy, Business Execution Capability, and Governance Structure: The Contributions of Chandler's Theory and Takashi Hikino
The 46th RGonHEEEI Workshop
Date: January 22nd, 2025
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters : Osamu Uda, Kazunori Sunagawa, Hiromichi Hasebe, Yujiro Hatakeyama
Title: Discussing the book, Management Innovation Essays in the Spirit of Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Ch. 3, 8, 9, and 11.
The 45th RGonHEEEI Workshop
Date: November 9th, 2024
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters : Shigehiro Nishimura, Hikaru Kondo, Kenichi Miyata, Hiromichi Hasebe
Title: Discussing the book, Management Innovation Essays in the Spirit of Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Ch. 2, 4, 6, and 7.
The 44th RGonHEEEI Workshop on August 26th, 2024
Date: August 26th, 2024
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter : Osamu Uda (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Title: What shall we think from the business history of general electrical enterprises: 'Becoming general' and organizational capabilities
The 43rd RGonHEEEI Workshop on June 22nd, 2024
Date: June 22nd, 2024
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter : Ibuki Ishikawa (Ritsumeikan University)
Title: The Issues of Micro-foundation and its Future Directions on Dynamic Capabilities
The 42nd RGonHEEEI Workshop on March 21st, 2024
Date: March 21st, 2024
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter 1: Akitake Taniguchi (Emeritus, Tohoku University)
Title: A Narrative Review of Human Resource Management
Presenter 2: Hiromichi Hasebe (Nihon University)
Title: A Narrative Review of Talent Management
The 41st RGonHEEEI Workshop on February 29th, 2024
Date: February 29th, 2024
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Junpei Higuchi, Itaru Nishimura
Title: The Governance of Work and Compensation in Panasonic Holdings Corporation
The 40th RGonHEEEI Workshop on December 10th, 2023
Date: on December 10th, 2023
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Taniguchi, Soichi (Graduate student, Kyoto University)
Title: The Cooperation and Competition between the US and European Nuclear Industries, 1958-1976"
The 39th RGonHEEEI Workshop on October 15th, 2023
Date: on October 15th, 2023
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Akitake Taniguchi (Tohoku University), Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University), Atsushi Hiramoto (Tohoku University), Yongdo Kim (Hosei University), Yoko Tanaka (University of Tsukuba)
Discussant: Yasuhiro Ueno (Kansai University)
Title: The Formation and Disintegration of 'General' Electrical Enterprises: The Theory of 'Strategy and Structure' from a Historical Perspective
The 38th RGonHEEEI Workshop on July 15th, 2023
Date: on July 15th, 2023
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Yoko Tanaka (Professor, University of Tsukuba)
Title: How it forged those who uphold and support the house of Siemens : From the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century
The 37th RGonHEEEI Workshop on May 13th, 2023
Date: on May 13th, 2023
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
The Book Review & Discussion of Hiroshi Ichihara's book Human Ressource Development of Engineers In Modern Japan (Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha, 2022)
Presenter: Hiroshi Ichihara (Dokkyo University)
Discussant: Shinji Sugayama (Tohoku Gakuin University)
The 36th RGonHEEEI Workshop on March 22nd, 2023
Date: on March 22nd, 2023
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University)
Title: Construction and transformation of manager education system in Hitachi: Toward the historical formations of human capital
The 35th RGonHEEEI Workshop on January 21st, 2023
Date: on January 21st, 2023
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Shinji Sugiyama (Tohoku Gakuin University)
Title: Hitachi: with a focus on Hitachi Senior Technical School
The 34th RGonHEEEI Workshop on October 29th, 2022
Date: on October 29th, 2022
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Shigehiro Nishimura (Kansai University)
Title: The patent management of RCA, 1920-1944: The internalization of technology market and its boundary
The 33rd RGonHEEEI Workshop on August 27th, 2022
Date: on August 27th, 2022
Place: Meiji University (hybrid meeting) *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Toshihide Arai (PhD Candidate, Chuo University)
Title: The growth factors of MHI in GT/GTCC market.
The 32nd RGonHEEEI Workshop on July 2nd, 2022
Date: on July 2nd, 2022
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University), Hikaru Kondo (Nihon University), Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University)
Title: Emerging a new combination toward a media mix of music and anime: A twist and turn of Nippon Columbia and the rise of the Anison genre in the 1960s and 1990s
The 31st RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on May 7th, 2022
Date: on May 7th, 2022
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Ishizuka, Fumiki (Meiji University)
Title: The labor and HRM of engineer in Siemens AG
The 30th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on February 19th, 2022
Date: on February 19th, 2022
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Taniguchi, Akitake (Emeritus, Tohoku University), Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University)
Title: The evolution of education and skill development system in General Electric: Core worker, engineer, manager, officer
The 29th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on December 18th, 2021
Date: on December 18th, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Yamazaki, Toshio (Ritsumeikan University)
Title: The introduction of American management education in Japan and Germany: Focus on the national characteristics of business management
The 28th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on October 2nd, 2021
Date: on October 2nd, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Krautter, Jonathan (PhD Candidate, Humboldt University of Berlin)
Title: Japanese market entry strategy of German multinationals during high-growth period in postwar Japan, 1950-1975
The 27th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on July 17th, 2021
Date: on July 17th, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Hiramoto, Atsushi (Emeritus, Tohoku University)
Title: Why electrical and electronics conglomerate lose?: A case of Toshiba in electrolytic capacitor business
The 26th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on May 29th, 2021
Date: on May 29th, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Yasuoka, Kunihiro (PhD Candidate, Kyoto University)
Title: Historical change of American patent system and usage of patents in electrical and electronic equipment industry
The 25th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on March 20th, 2021
Date: on March 20th, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Shigehiro Nishimura (Kansai University)
Title: "Patent Management and Globalization of Business Enterprise: A Case of Siemens, 1890–1945"
The 24th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on January 23rd, 2021
Date: on January 23rd, 2021
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University)
Title: "Strategy Formation of 'Corporate Community' and a Company's Fire Brigade"
The 23rd RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on November 7th, 2020
Date: on November 7th, 2020
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Fumiki Ishizuka (Tohoku University)
Title: "Personnel System Reform in German Companies: Based on the Discussion of Teiichi Sekiguchi's 'Salaried Job Rating System',"
The 22nd RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on September 26th, 2020
Date: on September 26th, 2020
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Osamu Uda (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Title: "Issues over Edith Penrose's theory: With a focus on the discrepancy with dynamic capabilities framework,"
The 21st RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on July 18th, 2020
Date: on July 18th, 2020
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Akitake Taniguchi (Emeritus, Tohoku University)
Title: "Diversification, Economies of Scope, Synergy,"
The 20th RGonHEEEI Workshop (online) on June 6th, 2020
Date: on June 6th, 2020
Place: Online *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University)
Title: "Toward Neo-Chandlerian Model: The Historical Experience of Corporate Reform in GE, 1892 – 2019,"
The 2nd meeting of the Study Group on Organizational Capabilities, January 24th, 2020
Date: from 5pm on January 24th, 2020 Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Kunihiro Yasuoka (PhD Candidate, Kyoto University)
Title: "Monopoly and Organizational Capabilities: A critical review of Naomi R. Lamoreaux's 'The Problem of Bigness: From Standard Oil to Google',"
The 20th RGonHEEEI Workshop on March 11th, 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19)
Date: on March 11th, 2020
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenters: Jonathan Krautter (PhD Candidate, Humboldt University of Berlin)
Title: "Japan Strategies of European Electrical and Electronics Enterprises in the Post War: The Cases of AEG, Philips, Siemens,"
The 1st meeting of the Study Group on Organizational Capabilities, December 20th, 2019
Date: from 4pm on December 20th, 2019 Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Hikaru Kondo (Chiba Keizai University)
Title: "Strategy and Structure of Google toward Alphabet, "
Presenters: Kenichi Miyata (Meiji University) and Hiromichi Hasebe (Kyorin University)
Title: "Argument over the concept of Organizational Capabilities and Business History,"
The 19th RGonHEEEI Workshop on December 8th, 2019
Date: from 3:30pm on December 8th, 2019
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Hiroshi Suzuki (Japan University of Economics)
Title: "Points of Difference of Business Cultures between Japanese and American Companies: With a Focus on the Electrical Industry."
The 18th RGonHEEEI Workshop on October 6th, 2019
Date: from 2pm on October 6th, 2019
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Yoko Tanaka (the University of Tsukuba)
Title: "The business development of Siemens: from the 1840s to the 1940s,"
◇Pre-presentations for a panel discussion at BHSJ
"General Electric," Akitake Taniguchi
"Westinghouse Electric," Kenichi Miyata
"Toshiba," Shin Hasegawa
"Hitachi," Yongdo Kim
"Siemens," Pierre-Yves Donzé
The 17th RGonHEEEI Workshop on May 6th, 2019
Date: from 2pm on May 6th, 2019
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Fumiki Ishizuka (Tohoku University)
Title: "HRM of engineers in Siemens after the WWII,"
The 16th RGonHEEEI Workshop on February 9th, 2019
Date: from 2pm on February 9th, 2019
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Theme: A Comparative Business History on Fall of Electrical Conglomerates
Presenter: Yongdo Kim (Hosei University)
Title: "Hitachi."
Presenter: Pierre-Yves Donzé (Osaka University)
Title: "Siemens."
The 15th RGonHEEEI Workshop on December 2nd, 2018
Date: from 1pm on December 2nd, 2018
Place: Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. *conduct in Japanese.
Presenter: Kunihiro Yasuoka, (PhD Candidate, Kyoto University)
Title: "United States Antitrust Law and Firms."
Presenter: Susumu Fuji (Hitachi Ltd)
Title: "Service Innovation Strategy of Hitachi."