Economic Development and Small Businesses in Japan  

作　　者：Katsuhiko Hirasawa Pei Xiong Yutaka Takakubo JinYu 

机构地区：[1]Nihon University,Tokyo,Japan [2]Hohai University,Nanjing,China

出　　处：《Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing》2018年第4期189-203,共15页现代会计与审计（英文版）

摘　　要：Japan’s economy lost most of its industrial production force as a result of World War II. However, from 1955 onwards, Japan has achieved rapid economic growth, joining the group of the world’s most developed countries by the early 1970s. The period from 1955 to the early 1970s is generally regarded as a period of High Economic Growth. There are various opinions regarding the factors that enabled Japan to attain such high economic growth, referred to as the Economic Miracle. It can be said that Japan’s post-war economic development was the result of advancements in technological innovation on the basis of financial assistance from the United States, which established Japan’s position in the world economy, loans from the bank, and the introduction of technology from abroad. Needless to say, the “high growth of post-war Japanese capitalism has not been achieved only by giant companies alone. On the contrary, without small businesses, especially in their roles as subcontractors, it would have been impossible to achieve such high growth, which has drawn attention internationally” （Nomura, 1981, p. 126）. The purpose of this presentation is to make clear the role of small businesses in the process of economic development.

关 键 词：economic development SUBCONTRACTOR INNOVATION small and medium-sized enterprises （SMEs） 

分 类 号：F127[经济管理—世界经济] F276.3