連鎖倒産

• 読み: れんさとうさん
• ローマ字: rensa tōsan
• 漢字の分解: 連鎖 (rensa) — chain, cascade; 倒産 (tōsan) — bankruptcy, insolvency
• 発音: /ɾeɴsatoːsaɴ/

意味

Chain bankruptcy; domino insolvency; a cascade of corporate failures triggered by one company's collapse.

Describes the phenomenon where the bankruptcy of one company — typically a major customer or supplier — triggers the failure of related businesses that depended on it. Common in tight supply chains with concentrated credit exposure. 連鎖倒産を防ぐ (to prevent chain bankruptcy) and 連鎖倒産リスク (chain bankruptcy risk) are key concerns in credit risk management and government economic policy.

例文

1. 大手建設会社の倒産が引き金となり、下請け業者の連鎖倒産が相次いだ。
2. 取引先の連鎖倒産リスクを評価するため、与信管理が強化された。
3. 政府は金融危機時の連鎖倒産を防ぐべく、中小企業への融資保証を拡充した。

使い方ガイド

場面: credit risk, economics, supply chain, corporate law

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Compound of 連鎖 (chain — 連 linking + 鎖 chain/lock) and 倒産 (bankruptcy — 倒 collapse + 産 assets/property). The term combines interlocked chain links with corporate collapse, vividly evoking the domino effect where each failure pulls the next down.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Business/Finance