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000723026 050_4 $$aHV600 2011$$bT64
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000723026 1001_ $$aBebenroth, Ralf,$$eauthor.
000723026 24514 $$aThe great East Japan earthquake and its impact on German firms$$h[electronic resource] :$$ban empirical study /$$cRalf Bebenroth.
000723026 264_1 $$aTokyo ;$$aNew York :$$bSpringer,$$c[2014]
000723026 300__ $$a1 online resource (x, 52 pages) :$$billustrations (some color)
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000723026 4901_ $$aSpringerBriefs in business,$$x2191-5482
000723026 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000723026 5050_ $$aDisaster Impact -- Subsidiary Autonomy and Expatriate Retreat -- Subsidiary Dependency on Expatriate Departure and Headquarter Trouble -- Closing Chapter.
000723026 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000723026 520__ $$aThis publication sheds light on how Japan-based German firms dealt with the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in March 2011. To gather data, a questionnaire was developed and sent out in April 2012 to 244 German subsidiaries based in the Kanto area, mainly in Tokyo, with replies received from the top managers of 84 firms. In addition, the author conducted follow-up interviews with top managers of 14 of those firms in Tokyo to illuminate interesting aspects of the responses given in the questionnaires. It is shown that the overall impact on the performance of German firms was comparatively low. Those firms have now returned to normal operation and face relatively few disaster-related problems. However, firms with higher autonomy more frequently moved their offices either to the Kansai area, including Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, or at least temporarily closed down. In retrospect, the interviews made clear that relocating or suspending operations was a costly mistake. In contrast to transaction cost theory, which states that subsidiaries should be given high autonomy in such cases of emergency, it would have been better for the headquarters offices to have communicated more intensively with the management of their subsidiaries.
000723026 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 21, 2013).
000723026 650_0 $$aEarthquakes$$xEconomic aspects.
000723026 650_0 $$aTohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011.
000723026 830_0 $$aSpringerBriefs in business.
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