The fable of the birth of the Japanese automobile industry
A reconsideration of the Toyoda–Platt agreement of 1929
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8419665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kazuo Wada (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 90-118 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076790500204768 |
| OpenAlex | W2050756855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
In discussing the birth of the Japanese automobile industry, most researchers and journalists put the Toyota Motor Corporation and the Toyoda–Platt Agreement at centre-stage. It has been widely asserted that the one million yen (¥100,000) that was received as a result of the Agreement provided Kiichiro Toyoda with the means to begin his research on the automobile. But the historical evidence does not support this legendary story, and in many ways contradicts it. This article aims to set the historical record straight
Agreement · Archaeology · Automotive industry · Corporation · Fable · Linguistics · Political science · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Engineering · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2013 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |