Research Activity and Publication


Update:5/1/2023

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Specialty

Industrial Economics, Industry Studies, Industrial Development

Research Interest

Transformation of the modern production system

Global reorganization of the iron and steel industry

Japanese Economy

Industrialization of developing countries in Asia

Publication (1995-2023) (Books, Book Chapters and Journals)

Nozomu Kawabata, Evaluating the Technology Path of Japanese Steelmakers in Green Steel Competition, The Japanese Political Economy, Vol. 49, No. 2/3, November 2023, 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1080/2329194X.2023.2258162  (Open access)  NEW!

Leimengyi Tang and Nozomu Kawabata, “The Business of Chinese Internet Novel : From the View of Platform and User-Generated Content,” The Keizai Gaku (Annual report of the graduate school of economics and management, Tohoku University, Vol. 79, No. 1, March 2023, pp. 1-16 (Japanese).  NEW!

Nozomu Kawabata, “The Conditions for Establishing a Timing Controller as a Unit of Activity : A Case Study of Spiral Steel Pipes,” The Social Sciences, Vol. 52, No. 3, Institute for the Study of Humanities & Social Sciences, Doshisha University, November 2022, pp. 1-22 (Japanese). NEW!

Nozomu Kawabata and Di Yin, “Policies to Reduce Excess Capacity in the Chinese Iron and Steel Industry: Industrial Policy as a Coordination Process,” Journal of Asian Management Studies, No. 27, Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management (JSAAM), 25-48 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata and Di Yin, “Production Systems of Contemporary Chinese Iron and Steel industry : Features and Rationale,” The Social Sciences, Vol. 51, No. 7, Institute for the Study of Humanities & Social Sciences, Doshisha University, May 2021, pp. 1-31 (Japanese). NEW!

Nozomu Kawabata, Development of the Vietnamese Iron and Steel Industry Under International Economic Integration, in Hiromi Shioji, Dev Raj Adhikari, Fumio  Yoshino & Takabumi Hayashi eds., Management for Sustainable and Inclusive Development in a Transforming Asia, Springer, 2020, pp. 255-271. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-8195-3_15 (Springer) (English)

Nozomu Kawabata, “Current Status and Challenges of the Japanese Iron and Steel Industry: Strategies of the Integrated Producers and Minimills,” Funtai Gijutsu, Vol. 12, No. 10, The Association of Powder Process Industry and Engineering, JAPAN, pp. 15-19 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “The Governmental Role in Excess Capacity Reduction in the Japanese Iron and Steel Industry,” China Investment Magazine, No. 7, pp. 24-26 (Chinese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “The ‘Vague Institutions’ of Chinese Economy and Japanese Economy: From the Research Perspectives for Japanese Industries and Companies,” Journal of Chinese Economic and Management Studies, Vol. 1, No.1, Japanese Association for Chinese Economy and Management, pp.26-32 (Japanese) .

Nozomu Kawabata, “Emergence of the Private Companies in the Vietnamese Iron and Steel Industry,” Journal of Asian Management Studies, No. 22, Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management (JSAAM), August 2016, pp. 79-92 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “Development of Next Generation Vehicles Based on the Regional Innovation in Tohoku Area, Japan,” in Graduate School of Economic and Management, Tohoku University ed., How has the Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earth quake Changed the Tohoku Area, Nanbokusha, Inc., 2016, pp.122-133 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, The Vietnamese Iron and Steel Industry in Transition to a Market-oriented Economy: Attainments and Challenges, Akamon Management Review, Vol. 14, No. 9, Global Business Research Center, September 2015, pp.451-459 (Japanese) English version in TERG DP.

Nozomu Kawabata, “The Role Brain Circulation in the Software and Information Technology Services Industry in Dalian: Importance from the Japanese view,” in Dalian Institute of Software & Service Outsourcing, Annual Report of Dalian’s Software and Information Technology Service Sector (2014), Dongbei University of Finance and Economics Press, 2014, pp.127-133 (Chinese).

Nozomu Kawabata and Yan Zhao, “Energy Saving and CO2 Emissions Reductions in the Iron and Steel Industry in China”, Asian Economies, Vol.55, No.1, Institute of Developing Economies, March 2014, pp.97-127 (Japanese).

Hiromi Takeshita and Nozomu Kawabata, The Procurement Structure of the Automobile Parts in Tohoku Region, Japan: Progress, Limitation, and Prospects of Local Procurement, Akamon Management Review, Vol. 12, No. 10, Global Business Research Center, October 2013, pp. 669-698 (Japanese).

Yan Zhang and Nozomu Kawabata, “Business Creation and Transformation Processes in Four Software Companies in Dalian, China: Commonalities and Differences,” Annals of the Society for Industrial Studies, No. 28, The Society for Industrial Studies, Japan, March 2013, pp. 73-85 (Japanese) English version in TERG DP.

Nozomu Kawabata, “A Comparative Analysis of Integrated Iron and Steel Companies in East Asia,” The Keizai Gaku, Annual Report of the Economic Society, Tohoku University, Vol.73, No.s. 1/2, The Economic Society, Tohoku University, October 2012, pp.23-42 (English) (Simplified Chinese Character Version).

Yan Zhang and Nozomu Kawabata, “The Formation of the Software and Information Services Industry in Dalian, China,” Journal of Asian Management Studies, No. 18, Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management(JSAAM), August 2012, pp. 35-46 (Japanese). English version in TERG DP 

Nozomu Kawabata, “Competition for Building of Production System of High Grade Steel among the Integrated Steel Companies in East Asia,” Bulletin of The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, Vol.15, No.3, The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, March 2010, pp.124-133 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “The Thai Steel Industry: Domestic Hot Rolling Companies under the Hierarchical Division of Labor,” in Hajime Sato ed., The Steel Industry in Asia: Development and Restructuring, Chiba, IDE-JETRO, 2008, pp.251-296 (Japanese).

Xinghe Zhang, Jusen Asuka, Nozomu Kawabata, Izumi Omura, Gyozo Kawahara, Reijiro Takahashi, “CDM Project Design for Introducing Coke Dry Quenching Equipment in Shanxi Province of China,” TETSU-TO-HAGANÉ, Vol.94, No. 9, The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, September 2008, pp.369-375 (Japanese).  

Nozomu Kawabata, “Comparative Analysis of the Integrated Steel Companies in East Asia,” Journal of Asian Management Studies, Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management, June 2008, pp. 61-74 (Japanese). Simplified Chinese Character Version(PDF)  Traditional Chinese Character Version(PDF)

Nozomu Kawabata, “Production Systems and Investment Behavior of the Integrated and Steel Companies in East Asia,” Kinzoku, Vol.77, No.11, Agne Gijutsu Center, November 11, pp. 4-8 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “Steel Industry in Viet Nam: A New Phase and Policy Shift,” in Hajime Sato ed., Development and Restructuring of the Iron and Steel Industry in Asian Countries, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO), March 2007, pp. 173-207. (IDE-JETRO website) 

Nozomu Kawabata, “High Grade Steel Strategy of Integrated Steel Producers in Japan: Steady and Conservative,” Annals of the Society for Industrial Studies, No. 21, The Society for Industrial Studies, Japan, March 2005, pp.35-47 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, Structure and Dynamism of the Iron and Steel Industry in East Asia, Kyoto, Minerva Publishing, 2005, pp. 1-300+vii (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “Integrated Control and Process Linkage of the Japanese Iron and Steel Industry: The Cases of Joint Ventures in Thailand,” in Kiyoshi Sakamoto ed., Innovation of Production Systems of the Japanese Firms, Kyoto, Minerva Publishing, 2004, pp.225-251 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “The Dynamism of Inter-firm Relations in the Japanese Iron and Steel Industry: “Big 2” Groups and International Alliances,” in Masu Uekusa, Michio Ohkawa and Azusa Tomiura eds., New Frontier of Textile and Iron & Steel Industries: The Industrial Systems in Japan and New Developments Vol. 2, NTT Publishing Co. Ltd., pp.234-272. (Japanese)

Nozomu Kawabata, “Faculty Members under the Management and Administration Systems of National Univerisity Corporation,” Zendaikyo Jiho (University Journal), Vol. 27, No. 6, Faculty and Staff Union of Japanese Universities (FUJ), February 2004 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “CÔNG NGHIỆP THÉP: SỰ LỰA CHỌN THỰC TỄ CHO MỘT NGÀNH CÔNG NGHIỆP THAY THỆ NHẬP KHẨU,” tác gia’ CƠ QUAN HỢP TÁC QUỐC TỂ NHẬT BẢN (JICA) vā ĐẠI HỌC KINH TẾ QUỐC DÂN (NEU), CHÍNH SÁCH CÔNG NGHIỆP VÀ THƯƠNG MẠI CỦA VIỆT NAM TROUNG BÔI CẢNH HỘI NHẬP, TẬP I, HÀ NỘI, NXB THỐNG KÊ, 2003 (Vietnamese).

Kenichi Ohno and Nozomu Kawabata eds., Industrialization Strategy for Viet Nam: Industrial Promotion of Developing Countries in the Age of Globalization, Nippon Hyoron-Sha Co. Ltd, 2003, pp.1-235+vi (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “The Current Vietnamese Steel Industry and Its Challenges”, in Study on the Economic Development Policy in The Transition toward a Market-Oriented Economy in The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (Phase 3), Final Report Vol. 2 Trade and Industry, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Ministry of Planning and Investment, The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, March 2001, pp.139-193.,English version(PDF), Japanese version(PDF)

Nozomu Kawabata and Keiji Ujikawa, "Technology and Management of the W. Metallurgical Industry Group Co. Ltd.," in Xinghe Zhang and Reijiro Takahashi eds., Environmental Problems in Chinese Iron-Steelmaking Industries and Effective Technology Transfer: China-Japan International Academic Symposium : March 6, 2000, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Tohoku University Press, 2000. pp.14-24 (English).Download

Reijiro Takahashi, Xinghe Zhang, Izumi Omura, Nozomu Kawabata, Hisashi Shinohara, Toyoaki Ito, "Present States and Measure for Environmental Pollution from Ironmaking Industries in Shanxi Province in China," in Xinghe Zhang and Reijiro Takahashi eds., Environmental Problems in Chinese Iron-Steelmaking Industries and Effective Technology Transfer: China-Japan International Academic Symposium : March 6, 2000, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Tohoku University Press, 2000.  pp.1-5 (English). Download

Nozomu Kawabata, "Maturity, Catching-up, and Institutional Coordination: Global Competition of the Steel Industry," in Keiko Morisawa and Hirofumi Ueda eds., Global Competition and Localization, Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 2000, pp.131-160 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, "Production Systems and Competitive Strategy of the Japanese Integrated Steel Companies," in Kiyoshi Sakamoto ed., Production Systems of the Japanese Firms, Tokyo, Chuo Keizai Sya, 1998, pp.69-111 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, "The Steel Producers and the Steel Trade in Ease Asia (1)(2)", Kikan Keizai Kenkyu (The Quarterly Journal of Economic Studies), Vol. 20, No. 2, 3, The Economic Society of Osaka City University, September 1997, December 1997, pp.1-34, 47-74 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, "The Industrial Relations and the Corporate Governance of USX Corporation," Keieigaku Ronsyu (Bulletin of Business Management Society of Japan), No. 67, Tokyo, Chikura Syobo, 1997 (Japanese).

Hirofumi Ueda, Nozomu Kawabata, Kenji Kutsuna, Yasuhiro Ota, Hajime Kawamura, Naoki Taguchi, "Small- Medium Manufacturing Enterprises in Higashi-Osaka City," Kikan Keizai Kenkyu (The Quarterly Journal of Economic Studies), Vol. 19, No. 2, The Economic Society of Osaka City University, September 1996, pp.27-66 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, "Some Issues on the Production System of Japanese Steel Industry," The Keizai Gaku, Annual Report of the Economic Society, Tohoku University, Vol. 57, No. 4, The Economic Society, Tohoku University, December 1995, pp.81-91 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, "Production Process of Japanese- U.S. Steel Joint Ventures," Kikan Keizai Kenkyu (The Quarterly Journal of Economic Studies), Vol. 18, No. 3, The Economic Society of Osaka City University, December 1995, pp.89-116 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, "The National Structure of Growth of the U.S. Steel Industry in the Post- War Era," Shoken Kenkyu Nenpo (The Annual Report of the Securities Research Center), No. 10, The Securities Research Center of Osaka City University, December 1995, pp.51-80 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, "Technology, Management, and Industrial Relations of U.S. Integrated Steel Companies: The Process of Restructuring," Osaka City University Economic Review, Vol. 30, No. 1/2, The Faculty of Economics and The Institute for Economic Research, Osaka City University, January 1995, pp.53-79 (English) Download.(uploaded with permission of publisher)

Nozomu Kawabata, "Product Development of the Japanese Integrated Steel Companies," in Yoshihiko Akashi and Hirofumi Ueda eds., Systems of Innovation in Japanese Firms, University of Tokyo Press, 1995, pp.113-145 (Japanese).

Conference Papers

Nozomu Kawabata, Competitive Strategy of the Japanese Integrated Steel Firms in Mature Stage, presented at the 27th International Conference of Business History (The Fuji Conference), Business History Society (Japan), Susono, Japan, 7 January, 2003. (After the conference, proceeding was revised for publishing. Though publishing never took place, revision work has been completed.) (English) Download (RePEc)

Nozomu Kawabata, Policy Options for the Vietnamese Steel Industry: A Step-by-Step Approach, presented at the Symposium on Industrial and Trade Policies of Vietnam in Integration Age, Japan International Cooperation Agency and National Economic University, Hanoi, 29-30 March, 2002.(English)

Nozomu Kawabata, The Current Vietnamese Steel Industry and Its Challenges, Vietnam- Japan Joint Research Project: Workshop on Economic Development Policy, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Ministry of Planning and Investment, The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Hanoi, 8-9 December, 2000 (English).

Discussion Papers

Nozomu Kawabata, Development of the Vietnamese Iron and Steel Industry under International Economic Integration, TERG Discussion Paper, No. 396, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, pp.1-24, November 2018. Download
  Final version is here.

Nozomu Kawabata, “Decline and Restructuring of a State-owned Enterprise Group in the Vietnamese Iron and Steel Industry”, RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 17-J-066, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, pp.1-41, October 2017 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, “The Role of Government in Excess Capacity Reduction in the Japanese Iron and Steel Industry 1970s-2000s,” TERG Discussion Paper, No. 371, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, pp. 1-23, July 2017 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, Where is the Excess Capacity in the World Iron and Steel Industry? –A focus on East Asia and China–, RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 17-E-026, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, pp.1-36, March 2017. Download (RePEC)

Nozomu Kawabata, The Vietnamese Iron and Steel Industry in Transition to a Market Economy —Attainments and Challenges—, TERG Discussion Paper, No. 349, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, pp. 1-45, May 2016. Download (RePEC)

Yan Zhang and Nozomu Kawabata, Business Creation and Transformation Processes in Four Software Companies in Dalian, China: Commonalities and Differences, TERG Discussion Paper, No. 331, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, pp.1-18, April 2013, pp.1-21, March 2015. Download (RePEc)

Yan Zhang and Nozomu Kawabata, The Formation of the Software and Information Services Industry in Dalian ,China, Tohoku Economics Research Group Discussion Paper, No. 293, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, pp.1-18, April 2013. Download (RePEc)

Nozomu Kawabata, The Business Models of Steel Industry in Thailand and Vietnam: The Case of Cold Rolling Companies, Tohoku Economics Research Group Discussion Paper, No. 263, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, February 2011, pp.1-29 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, Iron and Steel Industry in Viet Nam: A New Phase and Policy Shift, VDF Discussion Paper, No. 9, Vietnam Development Forum, August 2007. English Version(PDF)  Vietnamese version(PDF) (Translated by Tran Thi Kieu Minh)

Nozomu Kawabata, The Thai Steel Industry after the Asian Currency Crisis: Corporate Reconstruction, Inter-firm Division of Labor and Trade Problem, NEU-JICA Discussion Paper, July 2003. Japanese Version(PDF), Vietnamese Version  (PDF)

Nozomu Kawabata, Competitive Strategy of the Japanese Integrated Steel Firms in Mature Stage, Tohoku Economics Research Group Discussion Paper, No. 165, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, February 2003, pp.1-36 (Japanese).

Nozomu Kawabata, The Current Vietnamese Steel Industry and Its Challenges, NEU-JICA Discussion Paper, No. 6, 2001.

Translation (From English into Japanese)

"Preface" (with Shigeki Kanada), "Cigarettes" (with Naoko Sato), "Automobiles" (with Naoko Sato), "Computers" (with Yoshihiko Kikuchi), "Public Policy in a Free Enterprise Economy" (with Yuichiro Sakakibara) in Shigeki Kanada supervised, Gendai America Sangyo Ron, Sofusya, 2002, abridged translation of Walter Adams and James W. Brock eds., The Structure of American Industry, 10th edition, Prentice Hall, 2001.

Nozomu Kawabata translated, Adam Smith Moscow He Iku: Sijou Keizai Ikou Wo Meguru Taiwa Geki, Sofusya, 1-150, 2000, translation of Walter Adams and James W. Brock, Adam Smith Goes to Moscow: A Dialogue on Radical Reform, Princeton University Press, 1993.

Conference Presentations in English

Nozomu Kawabata, Diversified Business Models of Non-integrated Steel Company in Developing Countries, International Conference to celebrate 50 year anniversary of the Foreign Trade University, “Economic Policy for Further Development of Asia-Pacific Region”, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, October 11, 2010.  slides with speech draft

Nozomu Kawabata, Comparative Analysis of Integrated Iron and Steel Companies in East Asia, The State of Globalization in the Steel Industry: Taking Stock and Looking Forward, A Research workshop at University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 28 May, 2010.

Nozomu Kawabata, Iron and Steel Industry in Viet Nam: A New Phase and Policy Shift, VDF Workshop, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 28 August, 2007. slides with speech draft (see also VDF Discussion Paper No. 9)

Nozomu Kawabata, Iron and Steel Industry of Developing Countries in the Era of Globalization: The Case of Vietnam, Advanced Material Flow Analysis for the Sustainable Society, Sponsored by RISTEX (Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society), JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency), Co-organized by the Division of Environmental and Energy Technology, The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, Sendai, Japan, September 26, 2006. proceeding slides with speech draft

Nozomu Kawabata, Improving the Promotion Policy for the Vietnamese Iron and Steel Industry, VDF Workshop, Vietnam Development Forum, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 16 June, 2006. slides with speech draft   VDF workshop information

Nozomu Kawabata, The Chinese Iron and Steel Industry: Structure and Outlook, VDF Workshop, Vietnam Development Forum, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Hanoi, 18 May, 2004.

Nozomu Kawabata, Designing Tariff Structure for an Import Substitution Industry: The Case of Steel, Vietnam’s Industrial Strategy in the Age of Globalization: Ho Chi Minh City Seminar, Japan International Cooperation Agency and National Economic University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, 9 Semtember, 2003. slides  suppliment to the main report of NEU-JICA project

Nozomu Kawabata, Steel Market and Investment Strategy in NIEs and ASEAN Economies: Sheets and Strip Case, Second Intensive Steel Seminar: Challenges for the Vietnamese Steel Industry in the Era of International Economic Integration, NEU-JICA Joint Research, Hanoi, Vietnam, 25 October, 2001.

Production and Investment Plan of the Vietnamese Steel Industry: Features and Challenges of a Step by Step Approach, Vietnam- Japan Joint Research Project: Intensive Steel Seminar, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Ministry of Planning and Investment, Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, 16 October, 2000.


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