International Comparison of Automotive Franchise System

按照原定的研究计划，我们对汽车制造商、汽车经销商、进口商、行业组织等进行了密集的访谈，收集了大量的数据，访谈人数达到600人。在汽车制造商方面，我们采访了丰田汽车、大发本田和三菱。对于汽车经销商，我们采访了丰田、丰田、本田、松田、日产等各特许经营渠道。对于进口商，我们采访了日本大众。在产业组织方面，我们采访了日本汽车制造商协会、日本汽车经销商协会。二手车经销商、格列佛国际、Agsas、平和汽车等，除了国内的调研，我们在中国调研了5次，在韩国调研了7次，在越南调研了2次，在俄罗斯调研了2次，在印度调研了1次，在泰国调研了1次。通过这些研究，我们获得了大量的资料和信息，以便从汽车制造商和汽车经销商的关系以及各国汽车特许经营制度的历史进程方面进行国际比较，并开始对二手车流通渠道、售后服务市场和保险市场进行研究。提出了汽车分销政策的新方向。作为出版物，我们出版了盐治H.，儿子S。& Nishikawa J.（2007）转型中的中国汽车流通，Sousou-sha，（日文）

In accordance with the original research plan, we intensively made many interviews with and collected the data from automobile manufacturers, auto dealers, importers, and industrial organizations, etc. The number of interviewees reached totally to 600. To automobile manufacturers, we interviewed Toyota Motor, Daihatsu Honda, and Mitsubishi. To auto dealers, we interviewed each franchise channel of Toyota, toyopet, Honda, Matsuda, and Nissan, etc. To importers, we interviewed VW Japan. To industrial organization, we interviewed Japan Automobile Manufacturer Association, Japan Automobile dealers Association. To used car distribution firms, Gulliver International, Agsas, and Heiwa Auto, etc.In addition to domestic research, we researched five times in China, seven times in Korea, twice in Vietnam, twice in Russia, once in India, and once in Thailand. As a result of these research, we got so many material and information in order to make an international comparison in terms of auto manufacturer and auto dealer relationship and in terms of historical process of auto franchise system in each country.Newly we began to research the area of used car distribution channels, after-sales service market, and insurance market. We proposed the new direction of automotive distribution policy. As publication, we published Shioji H., Son S. & Nishikawa J.(2007) Chinese Automotive Distribution in Transition, Sousou-sha, (in Japanese).