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