Supplier involvement in automotive component design: Are there really large US Japan differences?

Research Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-89

  Liker, Jeffrey K ^a   Kamath, Rajan R ^b   Wasti, S Nazli ^a   Nagamachi, Mitsuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001959589     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-7333(95)00826-8     Document Type: Article

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