Research on globalization and localization of the sogo shosha : Regulation theory perspective

综合商社(综合贸易公司)是日本独有的机构，在日本国内和国际经济发展中发挥了非常重要的作用。在20世纪90年代末的“后泡沫经济衰退”期间，它们经历了大规模的重组。上世纪90年代初，有9家领先的综合商社，但在2007年只有6家。垫底的三个人消失了。这项研究以综合商社为例，探索它们如何在全球一体化和本地化之间克服商业困境。经济地理学家埃里克·斯温格杜(Erick Swyngedouw)创造了“全球本地化”一词，指的是全球和地方之间的关系。综合商社可以作为一个很好的例子来研究“全球本地化”的概念。此外，作者试图将这一研究置于“全球本土化”的讨论中，并更广泛地置于监管制度转型的讨论中。

The sogo shosha(general trading company) are uniquely Japanese institutions which have played a highly significant role in the development of the Japanese economy, both domestically and internationally. They have experienced a massive restructuring during 'the post-bubble recession' in the late 1990s. There were nine leading sogo shosha in the early 1990s, but there are only six in 2007. The bottom three of them disappeared. This research takes an example of the sogo shosha and explores how they overcome a dilemma in business between global integration and local orientation. An economic geographer, Erick Swyngedouw, coined the phrase 'glocalization' to refer to a relationship between the global and the local. The sogo shosha could be a good example to study the notion of 'glocalization'. Furthermore, the author tries to situate this research into the 'glocalization' discussion, and more widely in the discussion of regulatory regime transformation.