The Great East Japan Earthquake and Its Impact on German Firms An Em
This publication sheds light on how Japan-based German firms dealt with the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in March 2011. To gather data, a questionnaire was developed and sent out in April 2012 to 244 German subsidiaries based in
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Ralf Bebenroth
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Its Impact on German Firms An Empirical Study
Ralf Bebenroth Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration Kobe University Kobe, Japan Asia Africa Institute on sabbatical leave Hamburg University Hamburg, Germany
ISSN 2191-5482 ISSN 2191-5490 (electronic) ISBN 978-4-431-54450-0 ISBN 978-4-431-54451-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-54451-7 Springer Tokyo Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013943703 © Ralf Bebenroth 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This study aims to investigate the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Kanto based foreign firms. More specifically, this research deals with German firms in the aftermath of the Earthquake on March 11th 2011, including the Tsunami and the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant (in the following called: disaster). As presented in this booklet, there is quite an amount of literature available about impact on people in the Tohoku region and also on Japanese firms. However, there is a scarcity
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