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Oshima Shipbuilding Company
Oshima Shipbuilding is one of many mid‐size Japanese companies that are major global players in niche markets. This essay tells the Oshima story in the context of the global shipbuilding industry’s cycles, changing competitors, and evolving technologies. The industry is subject to wide, rapid swings in demand and pricing, primarily for exogenous reasons. Oshima, a builder of mid‐size bulk carriers, has survived, and even prospered, through productivity growth, technological innovation, and earning a reputation for quality.
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- Academic Units
- Center on Japanese Economy and Business
- Publisher
- Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University
- Series
- Center on Japanese Economy and Business Occasional Papers, 69
- Published Here
- February 27, 2015