中小機械金属工業の集積構造の変化 : 東京都大田区の実態調査(中小機械金属工業の集積構造の変化-東京都大田区の実態調査-,総合研究)

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This paper reports on the findings of a study that consisted of surveys conducted on two occasions regarding the machinery and metals industries in Tokyo's Ota Ward. This ward has Japan's greatest concentration of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The first survey was conducted in December 1996. Its results were outlined in an article entitled "The Concentration and Social Division of Production of Small and Medium-enterprises: A Fact-finding Investigation of the Machinery and Metals Industry in Ota Ward." This article appeared in Bulletin No. 26 (1998) of Nihon University's Research Institute of Economic Science. The second survey took place in October 1998 and was mailed to the same target group as the first one. It used a slightly modified questionnaire that expanded upon the items in the initial survey and added new elements. The target group totaled 984 firms, of which 171 submitted valid responses. The timing of both surveys coincided with the worst recession ever in post-war Japan. During the second survey, in particular, the economy was registering negative growth as Japan was sunk in the depths of recession. The first survey ascertained that the speed of SMEs structural change was rapid and that SMEs regional agglomeration and specialization tendencies were collapsing. The second survey sought to clarify how SMEs agglomeration in specific areas is changing and how the managers of these businesses evaluate the SMEs policies of Ota Ward, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and the national government. It did this by utilizing the same issues framework as the first survey and then comparing the responses at the two points in time. The results of the second survey confirmed that the change in agglomeration patterns in the machinery and metals industries and the decline and hollowing of industry clusters have not stopped and are continuing to spread. The element of urgency in the opinions expressed by SMEs managers attests to the strict circumstances in which they find themselves. This paper consists of two parts. The first discusses the points at issue and the formulation of questions for the second survey: It also describes historical changes in the industries in Ota Ward as well as their present positioning. The second part reports on the study results. The members of this project team believe that the existence of SMEs in regional areas will grow ever more important as the economy becomes increasingly globalized.
日本大学の論文
2000-03-31

中小機械金属工業の集積構造の変化 : 東京都大田区の実態調査(中小機械金属工業の集積構造の変化-東京都大田区の実態調査-,総合研究)

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