Mitsubishi and the N.Y.K., 1870-1914 / / William D. Wray.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 108
• VerfasserIn: Wray, William D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 1984.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1984.
• Year of Publication: 1984
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 108.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Table of Contents

The N.Y.K. and the Wider World -- Appendixes -- APPENDIX A: A NOTE ON SHIP TONNAGES -- APPENDIX B: COMPANY ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINOLOGY -- APPBNDIX C (1-9): FINANCES OFN. Y.K. LINES -- APPENDIX D: BANKING OF N Y.K. TERM DEPOSITS -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Harvard East Asian Monographs

The Russo-Japanese War and Its Aftermath -- Subsidiary Companies and Investments in East Asia -- Strategies for Indian and American Lines -- 10 EXPANSION: A FINANCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS, 1893-1914 -- Competition, Regulation, and Liner Strategy -- Capital and Shipping Costs -- Business Relations and Industrial Structure -- Company Organization and Dissent -- CONCLUSION -- Principal Themes -- The Mitsubishi Zaibatsu, the Government, and the N.Y.K -- The N.Y.K., the Government, and Comparative Perspectives -- The N.Y.K. as an Autonomous Firm -- The N.Y.K. and Business Alliances

Personnel and the Struggle for Control -- N.Y.K. Stockholders, 1885-1899 -- Mitsubishi's Withdrawal from Shipping -- Financial Retrenchment and Business, 1885-1893 -- The 1893 Commercial Code and Company Reorganization -- The N.Y.K. in the Business World -- PART III: THE ERA OF EXPANSION: 1893-1914 -- 7 INTERNATIONAL LINES: COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY, 1893-1902 -- The Beginnings of Overseas Lines -- The European Line and the Freight Conference -- 8 CHINA AND THE ISSUE OF IMPERIALISM: 1896-1904 -- Japanese Shipping in China -- Imperialism and War -- 9 NATIONALISM AND REGIONAL STRATEGIES: 1904-1914

The First Directive -- Purchase of the Pacific Mail's Shanghai Line -- 3 COMPETITION AND BUSINESS INNOVATION: 1876-1880 -- Competition with the P. & 0 -- The Satsuma Rebellion -- Profits and Company Structure -- PART II: FORMATION OF THEN. Y.K.: 1880-1894 -- 4 THE ATTACK ON MITSUBISHI: 1880-1882 -- Mitsubishi's Monopoly -- The Third Directive -- Formation of the KUK -- Government Motivation and the KUK -- 5 COMPETITION AND MERGER: 1883-1885 -- The Mitsubishi-KUK Competition -- Toward Merger: Navigating in Muddy Waters -- Establishment of the N.Y.K -- 6 SHAPINGA CORPORATE IDENTITY: 1885-1894

Intro -- MITSUBISHI AND THE N. Y.K.,1870-1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- EXPLANATOR Y NOTES -- INTRODUCTION -- The Historical Setting -- Themes and Propositions -- Coverage -- PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF MITSUBISHI: 1870-1880 -- 1 THE FIRST SHIPPING COMPANIES: 1870-1874 -- The Founding of Mitsubishi -- Competition among Shipping Companies -- The Taiwan Expedition of 1874 -- 2 THE YEAR OF DECISION: 1875 -- Policy Debate: Bureaucratic Rivalry -- Policy Debate: Ōkubo Toshimichi's Role -- Mitsubishi's Absorption of the YJK