AN ANALYSIS ON THE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF LOGISTICS ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE JAPAN INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY

本研究的目的是对日本国际物流行业物流适应战略的比较优势进行理论和实践分析。近20年来，物流战略发展到了第三个层次，即供应链管理。日本国际物流产业如何适应这一物流战略的发展过程，特别是在亚洲贸易中，值得论证。在Ch.1中，我证实了托运人物流战略的发展过程与他们商业模式的革命性变化紧密结合在一起。在ch2中，我对分布在美国、欧盟和亚洲地区的日本跨国企业进行了计量分析，从纺织、通用机械、电机和运输机械四个行业的角度得出了日本跨国企业的特点。在Ch.3中，我试图通过亚太贸易中的物流数据来证明，与日本跨国企业的全球趋势相比，位于亚洲的日本跨国企业的物流战略有多大程度的战略合理性。在Ch.4中，我强调了革命性物流战略的区别特征和成熟的物流战略在航运公司和货运代理双方的作用。第五章论述了日本港口发展新模式的构建，并提出了以阪神港和大阪港为主体的大阪海湾地区港口管理新体制。最后在第六章建立并论证了从产品寿命理论和海空运输模式选择行为两方面推导出的出口驱动假说。因此，在以信息技术革命和放松管制为特征的全球背景下，笔者可以从上述多个角度来分析日本国际物流业物流适应战略的比较优势。

The object of this research is to analyze theoretically and practically the comparative advantage of logistics adaptive strategy in the Japan international physical distribution industry. In last 20 years logistics strategy has arrived the third level, that is, supply chain management (SCM). How the Japan international physical distribution industry can have been adaptive on this development process of logistics strategy should be demonstrated especially in the Asian trade.In Ch.1 I confirm the developing process of shippers' logistics strategy has been strongly combined with revolutionary changes in their business models. In Ch.2 I analyze econometrically the Japan multinational enterprises located in US, EU and Asia regions and conclude what kind of the special features can be identified from the aspect of four industries of textile, general machine, electric machine and transport machine. By using the physical distribution data in the Asia-Pacific trade, in Ch.3 I try to demonstrate how much degree of strategic rationality can be measured in the logistics strategy of Japan multinational enterprises located in Asia in compared with their global trend. In Ch.4 I give stress both of the discriminative features of revolutionary logistics strategy and the matured logistics strategy on each side of shipping carrier and forwarders. In Ch. 5 I discuss how we can build up the new development model of Japanese ports and propose new management system especially in Osaka Bay Area composed both of the Ports of Kobe and Osaka. Finally in Ch. 6 I build up and demonstrate the export driver hypothesis induced both from product life theory and modal choice behavior between air and sea transportations. Thus, I can analyze the comparative advantage of logistics adaptive strategy in the Japan international physical distribution industry from many points of view above mentioned in global world featured by IT revolution and deregulation.