...William D. Hoover Mitsubishi and the N.Y.K., 1870–1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry . By William D. Wray . Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, Council on East Asian Studies , 1984 . xx, 672 pp. Tables, Illustrations, Maps, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Index...

... for Asian Studies, Inc. 1986 1986 868 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Kyodo Unyu Kaisha to form N.Y.K. in 1885. N.Y.K. differed from Mitsubishi by having stricter governmental supervision, being organized as a joint-stock company, and being devoted exclusively to shipping. In part 3, Wray examines N.Y.K...

... in praise of Grew is a tribute to Utley's study, which, while he remains in Washington, is succinct and compelling. MICHAEL A. BARNHART State University of New York at Stony Brook Mitsubishi and the N.Y.K., 1870-1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry. By WILLIAM D. WRAY. Cambridge, Mass...

... the critical importance of bank financing and the start of a trend toward greater managerial influence on decisions. Wray's case study on "Kagami Kenkichi and the N.Y.K., 1929-35: Vertical Control, Horizontal Strategy, and Company Autonomy" illustrates how a shipping company such as N.Y.K. could achieve...

... the Resurgence of American Business [KOJI TAIRA] 616 WRAY, Mitsubishi and the N.Y.K., 1870-1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping 867 Industry [WILLIAM D. HOOVER] YOSHIDA; HARBISON (trans Tanrokubon: Rare Books of Seventeenth-Century Japan [ANDREW L. 158 MARKUS] YOSHIDA; MINEAR (trans Requiem...